Ananth V. Iyer, Sridhar Seshadri and Roy Vasher

Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to Toyota`s Renowned System

Издательство: McGraw-Hill, 2009 г.
9780071615495
Книгопечатная продукция
Объем: 240 стр.

The Toyota Production System is the benchmark used throughout the world for "lean" thinking. Now you can model your own processes after those of the company that "wrote the book on supply chain management."
Written by two experts on the subject, along with a former Toyota senior executive, this book details the most celebrated supply chain operation in the world to help you form an integrated, synchronized system that will be the envy of your industry.
You will find key insight into the logic behind every point of Toyota`s supply chain, along with both the tactics and strategies you can use to build an outstanding system of your own. "Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to Toyota`s Renowned System" explains how to achieve balance and efficiency by focusing on:
- Variety: Determine your variety of offerings based on operational efficiency and market demand.
- Velocity: Maintain a steady flow through all processes of the supply chain.
- Variability: Manage inconsistencies carefully to reduce cost and improve quality.
- Visibility: Ensure the transparency of all processes to enable continuous learning and improvement.
The authors provide valuable insider tips and offer hands-on guidance for improvingproduction and operations in a variety of industries, including health care, insurance, banking, credit processing, and retailing.
With careful attention paid to every aspect of the subject - from principles and theories to operations and best practices - "Toyota Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to Toyota`s Renowned System" is the most comprehensive, insightful guide to forging a world-class supply chain system.

Посмотрите также...

Market Risk Analysis: Volume IV: Value at Risk Models (v. 4)

Written by leading market risk academic, Professor Carol Alexander, Value-at-Risk Models forms part four of the Market Risk Analysis four volume set. Building on the three previous volumes this book provides by far the most comprehensive, ......

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

"Natural Capitalism" as an idea and thesis for a book emerged in 1994, the year after the publication of "The Ecology of Commerce". After meeting with and speaking to different business, government, and academic institutions in the aftermath of ......

Essentials of Supply Chain Management

Presenting the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise and easily readable style, the Third Edition of Essentials of Supply Chain Management outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain ......

The Toyota Way Fieldbook

The Toyota Way Fieldbook is a companion to the international bestseller The Toyota Way. The Toyota Way Fieldbook builds on the philosophical aspects of Toyota`s operating systems by detailing the concepts and providing practical examples for ......

The Squeeze

In a ground-breaking new study of the global oil industry, investigative journalist Tom Bower takes us behind the headlines to present the human drama of the increasingly desperate quest for `black gold`. He reveals the crushing rivalries ......

Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch Up: An International Comparative Study

For most countries, economic development involves a process of "catching up" with leading countries at the time. This is never achieved solely by physical assets and labour alone: also needed are the accumulation of technological capabilities, ......