Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream will change the way
you think about your supply chain and logistics networks. Even
better — it gives you a way to act using lean principles to
transform and continuously improve these two key flows.
In this pioneering workbook, lean logistics veterans Robert
Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe explain step-by-step a
comprehensive, real-life implementation process for optimizing your
entire fulfillment stream from raw materials to customers,
including practical insights into two critical concepts:
calculating the total cost of fulfillment and collaborating across
all functions and firms along the fulfillment stream.
Your company, like most, probably calculates costs at different
points within departments, such as the piece price paid by the
purchasing department to a supplier. Few companies figure the total
cost associated with each major function across the whole
fulfillment stream. Calculating total cost, which most executives
find surprisingly large, lets you measure the impact of your
improvement efforts on operational performance and overall
income.
Martichenko and von Grabe also give you guidance and tools for
collaboration. Using the example company ABE Corp. as their model,
the authors illustrate how the lean conversion process is a win-win
for every company along the supply chain. And an accompanying
analysis illustrates the financial benefits and shows you how to
apply the metrics.
The narrative, supported by 41 charts and illustrations,
including value-stream maps, shows you:
- How to apply the eight guiding principles for implementing lean
fulfillment, even when all the data and variables are not
known.
- The seven major types of waste in logistics and supply
chains.
- How a fulfillment-stream council of representatives from
internal departments, customers, suppliers, and transportation
providers gives critical guidance and support.
- The “eight rights” for assessing perfect order execution.
- 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.
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| 9500 |
Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream |
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$66.00
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