Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to the Principles of Toyota's Renowned System
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-161549-5 (ISBN)
The Toyota Production System is thebenchmark used throughout theworld for “lean” thinking. Now youcan model your own processes after those ofthe company that “wrote the book on supplychain management.”
Written by two experts on the subject, alongwith a former Toyota senior executive, thisbook details the most celebrated supply chainoperation in the world to help you form anintegrated, synchronized system that will bethe envy of your industry.
You will find key insight into the logic behindevery point of Toyota’s supply chain, alongwith both the tactics and strategies you canuse to build an outstanding system of yourown. Toyota Supply Chain Management explainshow to achieve balance and efficiencyby focusing on:
Variety: Determine your varietyof offerings based on operationalefficiency and market demandVelocity: Maintain a steadyflow through all processes ofthe supply chainVariability: Manage inconsistenciescarefully to reduce cost andimprove qualityVisibility: Ensure the transparencyof all processes to enable continuouslearning and improvement
The authors provide valuable insider tipsand offer hands-on guidance for improvingproduction and operations in a variety ofindustries, including health care, insurance,banking, credit processing, and retailing.
With careful attention paid to every aspectof the subject—from principles and theories tooperations and best practices—Toyota SupplyChain Management is the most comprehensive,insightful guide to forging a world-classsupply chain system.
Sridhar Seshadri is a professor of operations management in the IROM Department at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin. He has done extensive research on supply chain contracts and risk management. Seshadri received his PhD in Management Science at the University of California Berkeley in 1993 and has an MBA and undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. His dissertation was on stochastic modeling of semiconductor manufacturing and he has consulting experience with Lancome and the Federal Home Loan Bank in New York. He teaches Operations Management and electives in the Stern School at NYU. Roy Vasher is a former Toyota senior executive. Vasher played a leading role in Toyota’s North American and European initiatives to streamline the supply chain to reduce order-to-delivery lead time. Currently he is president of RPV Consulting, LLC.
Ch1. The BullWhip Effect
Ch 2. Supply Chain Overview
Ch 3. Mix planning
Ch 4. Sales Planning and Forecasting
Ch 5. Production scheduling
Ch 6. Parts ordering and forecasting
Ch 7. Inbound logistics
Ch 8. Suppliers
Ch 9. Production operations
Ch 10. Outbound Logistics
Ch 11. Dealers
Ch 12. The Toyota Way in review
Ch 13. How to apply Toyota Way principles to non-automotive supply chains
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.7.2009 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 Illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 487 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-161549-0 / 0071615490 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-161549-5 / 9780071615495 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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