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. Network Design --
Integration of Resources --
Walmart and Dell: Examples of JIT in the Supply Chain --
Visibility and Reliability --
Cross Docking --
Chapter 8 Lean Warehouse: Low-Hanging Fruit --
Lean Thinking in the Warehouse --
"Assembling" Orders --
Value Stream Mapping in the Warehouse --
Lean Tools in the Warehouse --
Lean Warehouse Examples --
Chapter 9 Lean Global Supply Chain and Logistics: The Long and Winding Road --
The Logistics of a Global Supply Chain --
Value Stream Mapping to Identify Waste --
Areas of Potential Waste in the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Network --
Areas to Reduce Waste --
Keys to Global Logistics Excellence --
Addressing Wastes in the Global Supply Chain --
Chapter 10 Keys to Success: The Patient Gardener --
Key Success Factors --
Lean Training --
Management Support --
Lean Structure --
Teamwork and Lean --
Making Teamwork Happen --
Sales and Operations Planning (S & OP) --
S & OP Defined --
Supply and Demand Options --
The S & OP Process --
S & OP and Lean --
Working Together --
Chapter 11 Getting Started: Lean Forward --
Lean Opportunity Assessment --
Value Stream Mapping --
Value Stream Mapping Defined --
Value Stream Mapping Benefits --
Value Stream and Product Family --
Takt Time --
Value Stream Manager --
Goals and Objectives --
Steps to Creating a Current State Value Stream Map --
Data Collection --
Future State Value Stream Map --
Where to Look --
Implementation Plan --
Lean Teams --
Team Charter --
The Team Makeup --
Kaizen Events --
Kaizen Event Management --
Chapter 12 Lean and Technology: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? --
Lean and Technology: Background --
Best-in-Class Use of Technology with Lean --
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems --
Demand Forecasting --
Trends Driving the Use of Technology to Reduce Waste --
Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP) --
DRP and Demand Pull. Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems --
Benefits of Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems --
Warehouse Management System (WMS) Software and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) --
Warehouse Management Systems in Waste Reduction --
Transportation Management Systems (TMS) --
Benefits of Transportation Management Systems --
Chapter 13 Beyond the Four Walls: I Can See Clearly Now --
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) --
Web-Based EDI --
E-Commerce --
E-Commerce and Small- to Medium-Sized Enterprises --
QR, ECR, and CPFR --
Efficient Consumer Response --
Quick Response --
ECR versus QR --
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment --
Vendor-Managed Inventory --
Value Stream Map for a VMI Program --
Other Potential Areas for Collaboration --
Future Opportunities and Roadblocks --
Supply Chain Flexibility Traits --
Chapter 14 Metrics and Measurement: How Are We Doing? --
Policies and Procedures --
Rationale for Considering Metrics --
Relevant Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Metrics --
Delivery Reliability --
Perfect Order Measure --
Responsiveness --
Flexibility --
Cost --
Asset Management --
Balanced Scorecard --
Finding the Right Metrics for Your Company --
Metrics Framework --
Financial Impact of Metrics --
Review Scorecard during S & OP --
Dashboards to Display and Control Metrics --
Indicators --
Application Areas of a Scorecard --
Chapter 15 Education and Training: All Aboard the Lean-Train --
Training Methods --
Traditional Methods --
Group-Building Methods --
Selecting the Training Delivery Method --
Training: Key Management Team (Seminars, Certifications, etc.) --
Training: General Workforce --
Training: Tools and Tips --
Games --
Handouts and Forms --
Language Barriers --
Measuring Success --
Chapter 16 Future Thoughts: Lean Times Ahead --
Lessons Learned --
Barriers to Supply Chain Integration --
Human Resources --
Structure. Relationships --
Technology --
Alignment --
Trends in Lean Supply Chain --
Data Analytics --
Supply Chain Analytics and Lean --
Potential Obstacles to Lean Thinking in the Supply Chain --
Lean Ahead --
Appendix A: Real-World Examples of Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management --
Appendix B: Lean Opportunity Assessment --
References --
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