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Lean Six SIGMA Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success

Name: Lean Six SIGMA Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success
Author: Thomas J. Goldsby
ISBN: 9781932159363

by Thomas J. Goldsby, Robert Martichenko

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Overview

Logistics, Lean, and Six Sigma form a natural union. Logistics is about managing inventory; Lean is about speed, flow, and the elimination of waste; and Six Sigma is about understanding and reducing variation. Lean Six Sigma Logistics features the Logistics Bridge Model to serve as your roadmap for continuous improvement, leveraging value, eliminating waste, and enhancing your abilities to view the supply chain with a critical eye. It provides a method for developing strategies as well as tactical steps that will help you achieve successful operational implementation of Lean Six Sigma Logistics. The primary focus is on logistics flow, capability, and discipline as the guiding principles for solving any logistics challenge. Whatever the status of your supply chain, this book provides the essence for developing and implementing a successful logistics strategy.

Synopsis

Goldsby (supply chain management, University of Kentucky) and Martichenko, a supply chain management consultant, offer a model for continuous improvement, leveraging value, eliminating waste, and enhancing understanding of the supply chain. The primary focus of the book is logistics flow, capability, and discipline as the guiding principles for solving any logistics challenge. An ongoing case study can be used to teach students or to coach employees. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR