Lean six sigma for supply chain management : a 10-step solution process /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
McGraw-Hill Education LLC.,
[2014], 2014.
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| Edition: | 2nd edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- C. Introduction
- D. Acknowledgments
- 1. Using lean six sigma methods to identify and manage supply chain projects
- Objectives
- Executive overview
- Voice-of-the-customer (voc)
- The 10-step solution process
- Understanding how your process works
- Strategic project execution in the 10-step solution process (steps 1 through 3)
- Strategic project selection
- Lean six sigma operational assessments
- Building the project charter
- Project planning
- Project management
- Identifying lean six sigma projects
- Summary
- 2. Deploying lean six sigma projects using lean tools
- Objectives
- Lean six sigma project alignment
- S&op control of lean six sigma projects
- Lean basics
- Rapid improvement using kaizen events
- Lean e-supply integration
- Summary
- 3. Demand-management impact on lean six sigma projects
- Objectives
- Demand-management overview
- Sales and operations planning (s&op)
- Demand aggregation
- Developing a consensus forecast
- Master production schedule (mps)
- Estimating customer demand
- Product forecasting
- Measuring forecasting error
- Forecasting software
- Impact of new-product forecasts
- Lean six sigma forecasting applications
- Summary
- 4. Lead-time impact on lean six sigma projects
- Objectives
- Why reducing lead time is important
- Lead-time reduction
- Reducing lead time (example)
- Summary
- 5. Lean six sigma applications to manufacturing resource planning
- Objectives
- Manufacturing resource planning
- Mrp high-level functions
- Capacity requirements
- Mrp-specific functions
- Hybrid mrp systems
- Lean six sigma mrp applications
- Summary
- 6. Identifying lean six sigma projects using inventory models
- Objectives
- Inventory basics
- Building system models
- Inventory models
- Perpetual-inventory model (fixed-order-quantity model)
- Miscellaneous inventory topics
- Lean six sigma inventory applications
- Summary
- 7. Lean supply chains and third-party logistics
- Objectives
- Lean supply chain overview
- Distribution systems
- Receipt of customer orders
- Transportation
- Warehousing
- Distribution-inventory management
- Third-party logistics
- Reverse logistics
- Food and commodity supply chains
- Difference between value-flow and value-steam maps
- Summary
- 8. Root-cause analysis using six sigma tools (with operations research methods)
- Objectives
- Root-cause analysis using the 10-step solution process
- Big-data analytics
- Summary
- 9. Lean six sigma improvement and control
- Objectives
- Control strategies (steps 5 through 10)
- Development of the control strategy
- Summary
- 10. Supply chain design for excellence
- Objectives
- History of design for six sigma for supply chain operations
- What is it?
- Why use it?
- Define phase: tools and methods
- Measure phase: tools and methods
- Analyze phase: tools and methods
- Design phase: tools and methods
- Verify phase: tools and methods
- Applications for supply design
- Summary
- A. Conclusion
- Managing organizational change for lean six sigma deployments
- The lean six sigma maturity model
- New trends for supply chain improvement
- Cloud computing and supply chain virtualization
- Supply chain security
- Supply chain sustainability
- Final thoughts
- B. Appendix: important supply chain metrics
- Twelve key metrics
- Additional lean supply chain metrics.