Building a Lean Fullfillment Stream: Rethinking Your Supply Chain and Logistics to Create Maximum Value at Minimum Total Cost
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (843 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1934109193 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 111 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Advancing System Thinking and Lean Principles to the Fulfillment Stream" according to Samuel D. Beaird. This book truly expands the body of knowledge lean practitioners refer to as lean thinking. Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream extrapolates lean thinking out beyond the manufacturer's four walls to include the flow of materials from suppliers to the producer and on forward to the delivery of goods to customers. As such, it is an eye-opening rea. Outstanding! As a methodology is a great reference but maybe they have to go deeply in some technical explanations or extended bibliography (ot only from LEI)!. Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream Covers Missing Links in the Supply Chain Book description: what's the key message?Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream is about introducing lean into your supply chain and logistics networks. A fulfillment stream is defined as all of the activities that move materials and information from suppliers to end customers: planning, sourcing, transporting, manufacturing, inspecting, sorting, p
Martichenko and von Grabe also give you guidance and tools for collaboration. Few companies figure the total cost associated with each major function across the fulfillment stream. And an accompanying analysis illustrates the financial benefits and shows you how to apply the metrics. Your company, like most, probably calculates costs at different points within departments, such as the piece price paid by the purchasing department. ? The "eight rights" for assessing perfect order execution. Calculating total cost, which to most executives is surprisingly large, lets you measure the impact of your improvement efforts on operational performance and overall income. ? What lean metrics to use, such as why average days on hand of inventory is a better measure than inventory turns. ? How to identify and eliminate waste in shipping, receiving, and yard management.. ? How a fulfillment-stream council of representatives from all companies gives critical guidance and support. In this pioneering workbook, lean logistics veterans Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe explain step-by-step a compr