Lean Materials Planning & Execution
eBook - ePub

Lean Materials Planning & Execution

A Guide to Internal and External Supply Management Excellence

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lean Materials Planning & Execution

A Guide to Internal and External Supply Management Excellence

About this book

Lean materials management is a constant challenge in most supply chains and is one of the most critical issues facing manufacturing organizations. Success is defined by controlling all components of an operation, including the costs of quality, delivery speed and flexibility, and the synchronization of the correct parts delivered as needed. Lean Materials Planning & Execution shows how to capitalize on Lean systems and thinking to cut costs, increase performance and make internal and external customers happy. This book explores the roots of high-performance materials management to guide today's professional toward the right process controls at the right time. Written in a practical, easy-to-understand format, Lean Materials Planning & Execution describes supply chain management best practices and delineates a variety of important Lean and Class A metrics as tools for achieving maximum effectiveness. It covers all important management systems that are essential to high performance, such as sales and operations planning, clear-to-build and process ownership, along with the role of materials manager in getting maximum effectiveness from these tools. This is a must read for materials managers, production managers and top management in manufacturing organizations.

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Information

Publisher
J. Ross Publishing
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9781932159653
eBook ISBN
9781604276527
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Operations
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TITLE
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. DEDICATION
  5. CONTENTS
  6. PREFACE
  7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  8. WEB ADDED VALUE™
  9. CHAPTER 1. EVOLUTION OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND LEAN
  10. CHAPTER 2. APPLYING LEAN TO THE PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW IT AFFECTS MATERIALS PLANNING
  11. CHAPTER 3. LEAN AND EXCELLENCE IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
  12. CHAPTER 4. DATA INTEGRITY IN LEAN ENVIRONMENTS
  13. CHAPTER 5. MASTER SCHEDULING IN LEAN MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
  14. CHAPTER 6. MATERIALS PLANNING FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEAN ENVIRONMENTS
  15. CHAPTER 7. WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
  16. CHAPTER 8. TOP MANAGEMENT SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING
  17. CHAPTER 9. DEMAND PLANNING
  18. CHAPTER 10. INTEGRATING LEAN AND SIX SIGMA WITH ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
  19. CHAPTER 11. METRICS IN LEAN MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
  20. CHAPTER 12. HIGH-PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
  21. CHAPTER 13. SOFTWARE TOOLS
  22. CHAPTER 14. EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LEAN MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
  23. ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS