Kaizen in logistics and supply chains /
Kaizen in logistics & supply chains
Euclides A. Coimbra.
- New York : McGraw-Hill Education, c2013.
- xx, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes appendices.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343) and index.
Part 1: From Gemba Kaizen to Supply-Chain Excellence -- Kaizen for pull and flow across the supply chain -- The Story of company A: No Kaizen, no pull flow! -- The Pulse of high performance: pull logistics loops and customer takt -- Part II: The Dynamics of Kaizen in logistics and supply chains -- Creating change capability and basic reliability -- Production flow: introduction and line and layout design -- Production flow: border of line and standard work -- Production flow: SMED flexibility and low-cost automation -- Internal logistics flow: introduction and supermarkets -- Internal logistics flow: Mizusumashi and synchronization -- Internal logistics flow: leveling and producting pull planning -- External logistics flow: introduction and storare/warehouse design -- External logistics flow: milk runs and source flows -- External logistics flow: delivery flows and logistics pull planning -- Part III: How to implement Kaizen in logistics and supply chains -- Facing the truth: analyzing the current state of the supply chain -- Establishing the vision: designing the Kaizen pull-flow supply chain -- Taking action: the power of the Kaizen way -- The Kaizen pull-flow life of company A -- Part IV: Appendices -- A. Calculations for transport Kanban loops -- B. Calculations for production Kanban loops -- C. Two types of pull planning algorithms -- D. Total flow management (TFM) scorecoards.
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Business logistics--Cost effectiveness. Delivery of goods--Management. Industrial efficiency Organizational effectiveness Industrial management