Fix Your Supply Chain: How to Create a Sustainable Lean Improvement Roadmap

ISBN-13: 9781563273810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 214 str.

Paul C. Husby

Opis

Written by business leaders for business leaders, this book explores successful supply chain improvement requirements and methodologies. It covers the use of these techniques in a story about Twin City Manufacturing, a fictitious company based on the authors' actual experiences. Whether you are intimately familiar with the supply chain discipline or have limited experience, the authors present a valuable roadmap that can be applied to supply chain improvement. Drawing on their combined 70 years of experience, the authors will arm you with the knowledge and methods needed to identify and implement change, and give you the confidence needed to become an effective change agent.

Spis treści

The Seven Components of Sustainable Supply Chain Improvement. Improvement Methodologies Six Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints, and SCOR. Sustainable Improvement Roadmap Comparing Continuous Improvement Strategies. The Role of the CEO: Creating the Vision. The Role of the CEO and Leadership Team Implementing the Methodology. The Role of Leadership in Creating a Sustainable Improvement Roadmap. The Role of Absolute Commitment in Creating and Maintaining Sustainable Improvement. References. About the Authors. Index.

O autorze

Paul Husby is affiliated with the 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dan Swartwood is Director of Process and Supply Chain Design for Satellite Logistics Group in Houston, Texas.