Kaizen in Logistics and Supply Chains

  • 5h 14m
  • Euclides A. Coimbra
  • McGraw-Hill
  • 2013

CHANGE FOR THE BETTER!

Learn to create world-class logistics and supply chains in any industry using kaizen's seven main principles

At a time when businesses are restructuring to become more competitive, many seek a road map to improve their operations. Kaizen in Logistics and Supply Chains is at the forefront of this journey--and can point you in the right direction to help your company in implementing innovative production and logistics systems and changing its culture for the better.

Based on the themes of Masaaki Imai's bestseller, Gemba Kaizen, considered the "bible" of the quality/management movement, this new work provides the first highly detailed explanation of how to create world-class logistics and supply chains regardless of industry. It includes more than 200 photographs, flow diagrams, value stream maps, and tables--and features a case study that illustrates how a company became more competitive by successfully implementing kaizen principles. There's never been a better guide to lead your company's quest for improvement.

KEY FEATURES:

  • Explanation of how the seven main kaizen principles can be applied to transform world-class logistics and worldwide supply chains
  • Prerequisites for implementing these systems, including stabilization and change management activities
  • Concrete steps to implementing kanban systems, internal and external logistics loops, design flow production lines, and supermarket systems
  • Detailed real-world case study to illustrate successful implementation of the book's theories, and scorecards so readers can evaluate their progress in practice
  • Foreword by Masaaki Imai, Founder and Chairman of the Kaizen Institute, and author of the bestseller Gemba Kaizen

About the Author

Euclides Coimbra is a Managing Director of Kaizen Institute Iberia and was a student of Masaaki Imai, having spent the last 25 years of his career in the supply chain consulting field, and 14 years with the Kaizen Institute. He is a leading authority in the design of supply chain and logistics systems, having lead international consulting project teams at Nestle, Volvo, Rusal, Bosch and many other companies.

In this Book

  • 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
  • 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 Production Pull Planning
  • External Logistics Flow: Introduction and Storage/Warehouse Design
  • External Logistics Flow: Milk Runs and Source Flows
  • External Logistics Flow: Delivery Flows and Logistics Pull Planning
  • 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
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