End-to-End Lean Management: A Guide to Complete Supply Chain Improvement

Featuring an expansive set of tools, techniques, and performance measures, this unique book shows how to apply the lean philosophy across the entire supply chain, from suppliers, to transportation and operations, through distribution to customers. Managers who are under constant pressure to find new sources of competitive advantage and to demonstrate performance improvements will find End-to-End Lean Management to be a timely and necessary resource.

KEY FEATURES:
- Describes a broad array of waste that affects all supply chains and shows how to make lean performance improvement a reality across your entire supply chain
- Identifies nine key myths and realities of lean and provides an updated, integrated, and holistic view of lean that applies to service organizations, non-profit institutions, government, and manufacturers
- Presents valuable tools and techniques along with a comprehensive set of lean performance measures to support your end-to-end lean journey
- Includes several real-world examples and detailed applications that show how progressive organizations are implementing a variety of lean solutions in both non-manufacturing and manufacturing industries
- WAV offers a presentation covering process modeling for the lean supply chain, a presentation outlining steps to conducting a value-analysis workshop for lean improvement, value stream mapping symbols and descriptions, a creative thinking techniques presentation, a continuum of supply chain relationships model, a group problem-solving aid, and a listing of websites offering free lean resources available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com