Lean Supply Chain: Collected Practices & Cases (Paperback)

Introduction
Part I: Supply Chain Strategies
Chapter 1: Extending an Initiative Beyond Your Enterprise
Chapter 2: Reducing Supply Chain Complexity
Chapter 3: In a Race Against Time, Adidas Leaps Forward
Chapter 4: A New Paradigm Supports U.S. Troops
Chapter 5: Report: Lean Afghan Logistics Were Better Than Desert Storm
Part II: Building Partnerships
Chapter 6: Customers - and Suppliers - Offer Tips for Working with Suppliers
Chapter 7: 4 Steps for Deploying Lean "Blueprint" Through the Supply Chain
Chapter 8: A New Metric Measures Suppliers
Chapter 9: Lean Supply Chain Effort is Built on Research, Planning & Structure
Chapter 10: Varied Approaches Help Make Supply Chain Initiatives Work
Chapter 11: Tattoos and Attitude Figure in Supply Chain Conversion
Chapter 12: Challenge for Supplier Program is Sustaining Lean Improvements
Chapter 13: Improving Customers Creates Partners
Chapter 14: Coping With Variability is Key to Improving Retail Processes
Part III: Improving Distribution
Chapter 15: Continuous Flow in the Warehouse
Chapter 16: At GM, Parts Distribution Centers Can Be Lean, Too
Chapter 17: To Build a Better Warehouse, Know How to Set the Pace
Chapter 18: Error-Proofing Warehouse Picking
Chapter 19: Lean Leads to Returnable Containers
Chapter 20: Lean Philosophy Drives Trucking Company
Chapter 21: For a Trucking Company, It's Not About Trucks Anymore
Citations
Index