Kaizen in Logistics and Supply Chains

by Coimbra, Euclides

• ISBN13: 9780071811040
• ISBN10: 0071811044
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-10
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Reveals how to create world-class logistics and supply chains in any industry using kaizen Kaizen in Logistics and Supply Chainsgives a highly detailed explanation of how kaizen principles are holistically applied to transform logistics and streamline supply chain processes. The book carries on the themes from the bestseller Gemba Kaizenby Masaaki Imai, and expands on how these ideas have been successfully applied. The work is richly illustrated with more than 200 photographs, flow diagrams, value stream maps, and tables. The last third of the book uses a case study to demonstrate how kaizen logistics and supply chain principles are applied in practice. Appendices include formulas and algorithms not found in other competitor texts. Explains how the seven main kaizen principles can be applied to transform logistics and worldwide supply chains Details prerequisites for implementing these systems, including stabilization and change management activities Teaches concrete steps to implementing kanban systems, internal and external logistics loops, design flow production lines, and supermarket systems Illustrates all the theory with a case study, showing a real-world application, and offers scorecards, so readers can evaluate their progress while implementing. Foreword by Masaaki Imai, Chairman of the Kaizen Institute, and author of Gemba Kaizen

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Kaizen in Logistics and Supply Chains
Ch 1: Total Flow Management: Kaizen and Pull Flow
Ch 2: The No Kaizen, No Pull, No Flow: Life of Company A
Ch 3: The Pulse of High Performance: Pull Logistic Loops & Customer Takt

Part II: The Dynamics of the Total Flow Management Model
Ch 4: Kaizen Reliability: Creating Change Capability / Basic Reliability
Ch 5: Lean Production Flow: Introduction and Line Layout Design
Introduction to Production Flow; Line Layout and Design
Ch 6: Lean Production Flow: Border of Line and Standard Work
Border of Line; Standard Work
Ch 7: Lean Production Flow: SMED Flexibility and Low Cost Automation
SMED; "LCA – Low Cost Automation"
Ch 8: Lean Internal Logistics Flow
Ch 9: Lean Internal Logistics Flow: Mizusumashi and Synchronization
Ch 10: Lean Internal Logistics Flow: Leveling and Production Pull Planning
Leveling; Production Pull Planning
Ch 11: Lean External Logistics Flow: Introduction and Warehouse Design
Ch 12: Lean External Logistics Flow
Ch 13: Lean External Logistics Flow: Deliver Flows and Logistics Pull Planning

Part III: How to Implement Total Flow Management
Ch 14: Facing the Truth: Analyzing the Current State of the Supply Chain
Ch 15: Establishing the Vision: Designing the Kaizen Pull Flow Supply Chain
Ch 16: Taking Action: The Power of the Kaizen Way
Ch 17: The Kaizen Pull Flow Life of Company A

Appendix A - Calculations for Transport Kanban Loops
Appendix B - Calculations for Production Kanban Loops
Appendix C - Examples of Production Pull Planning Algorithms
Appendix D -
Basic Reliability Scorecards
Production Flow Scorecards
Internal Logistics Flow Scorecards
External Logistics Flow Scorecards