The Lean Supply Chain: Managing the Challenge at Tesco

ISBN-13: 9780749482060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

Barry Evans; Robert Mason

Opis

Explore key lessons from leading global retailer, Tesco, on how organizations can compete through lean thinking and putting customers first.

Recenzje

"When considering a major undertaking such as building a Lean supply chain, it doesn't hurt to have a little guidance from a major global player. This book debunks many myths, and provides solid practical examples and advice for supply chain professionals looking to cut waste from their enterprises." Inbound Logistics

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 01: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 02: Tesco past and present;
  • Chapter - 03: Tesco and strategy - Managing the what, why and how!;
  • Chapter - 04: Customer insight - To drive the Tesco supply chain;
  • Chapter - 05: Lean and the Tesco supply chain - 'Mastering the supply chain';
  • Chapter - 06: Tesco and their CSR agenda;
  • Chapter - 07: Rebuilding trust;
  • Chapter - 08: Tesco and continuous improvement - Debunking seven myths of conventional business thinking;
  • Chapter - 09: Current challenges - Aligning corporate and supply chain strategies to a changing macro environment;
  • Chapter - 10: Conclusions

O autorze

Barry Evans' early career involved a variety of roles in Logistics/Distribution with Watney Mann, Rank Hovis McDougall and Royal Mail. This was followed by roles in Tesco plc, including Lean Process Manager in Tesco Supply Chain Development. He joined the Lean Enterprise Research Centre at Cardiff Business School as a Senior Research Associate. Now retired, he still does some relief teaching at the Business School.

Mr Evans' co-authored work, The Lean Supply Chain, published by Kogan Page, won the Les Plumes des Achats et Supply Chain 2016 - Prix des Associations award in December 2016.

Professor Robert Mason has a business background, mainly in a variety of roles with M&S. Since 2001 he has pursued an academic career, gaining his PhD in 2009. He is now a Professor in Logistics and Programme Director for the MSc Sustainable Supply Chain Management programme at Cardiff Business School. He is also Chair of Cardiff Business School's Shadow Management Board. He has led and participated in a number of research programmes, including with Tesco as a partner, and has published over 125 papers on logistics, supply chain and operations management related issues.
Professor Mason also co-authored with Barry Evans Marketing- and Logistics- Led Organisations, published by Kogan Page in 2017. The first edition of The Lean Supply Chain, co-authored by the same authors and also published by Kogan Page, won the Les Plumes des Achats et Supply Chain 2016 - Prix des Associations award in December 2016.