Ebook: Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Using Lean to Energize Your Supply Chain -- What Is Lean? -- Lean Failure -- Implementing Lean -- Supply Chain and Logistics Management Defined -- Why All the Interest in Lean Supply Chain Management? -- Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: From Lean Manufacturing to Lean Enterprise ... the Need for Speed -- Evolution of Lean -- The Need for Speed -- Lean Office -- Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management -- Lean Six Sigma -- Cycle Time versus Processing Time -- Takt Time -- Dock-to-Dock Time -- Chapter 3 The Eight Wastes: Waste Not, Want Not -- What Is "Waste"? -- The Eight Wastes -- Inventory Waste -- Transportation or Movement Waste -- Motion Waste -- Waiting Waste -- Overproduction Waste -- Overprocessing Waste -- Defect or Error Waste -- Behavioral Waste (or Underutilized Employees) -- Thinking Differently -- Chapter 4 Lean Opportunities in Supply Chain and Logistics: Forest for the Trees -- Plan -- Wastes in Forecasting -- Source -- Make -- Make to Order (MTO) versus Make to Stock (MTS) -- Distribution Requirements Planning -- Deliver -- Return -- Chapter 5 Basic Lean Tools: You Can't Build a House without a Solid Foundation -- Standardized Work -- Visual Job Aids -- Visual Workplace -- Layout -- 5S: Workplace Organization and Standardization -- Sort Out -- Set in Order -- Shine -- Standardize -- Sustain -- Chapter 6 Advanced Lean Tools: It's Not Rocket Science -- Batch Size Reduction and Quick Changeover -- Batch Size Reduction -- Quick Changeover -- Kanbans -- Quality at the Source -- Work Cells -- Balancing a Work Cell -- Total Productive Maintenance -- Overall Equipment Effectiveness -- Lean Analytical Tools -- Tools for Gathering -- Tools for Organizing -- Tools for Identifying Problems -- Chapter 7 JIT in Supply Chain and Logistics: This JIT Is Good -- Areas of Focus.;""The documented benchmarks for success and the many examples help explicate the complexities for the reader. The book is organized and written so that it will be useful as an introduction to the field and also as a reference when special challenges arise for the practicing manager.""--DR. JOHN J. COYLE, Professor Emeritus of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University ""The book is a must-read for all supply chain managers seeking to drive down costs and improve profits and must be read.