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Lean Logistics—The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods

by Michael Baudin

2004 (398 pages)

ISBN:1563272962

Covering manufacturing logistics, including its interaction with production control, this book illustrates how to avoid shortages while maintaining low inventories and utilizing increased capacity and flexibility generated through lean manufacturing.

Table of Contents

Lean Logistics—The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods
Introduction	-	A Guided Tour
Part I - Overview of lean logistics
Chapter 1	-	What is logistics?
Chapter 2	-	The Lean Approach To Logistics
Part II - Dock-To-Dock Material Flows Inside The Plant
Chapter 3	-	Transportation Inside the Plant
Chapter 4	-	Warehousing strategies and devices
Chapter 5	-	Warehouse Management
Chapter 6	-	Warehousing Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods
Part III - Material Flow In The Supply Chain
Chapter 7	-	Supplier milk runs
Chapter 8	-	Consolidation centers near the plant
Chapter 9	-	Packaging and returnable containers
Part IV - Logistics Information Systems
Chapter 10	-	Pull Systems
Chapter 11	-	Manual Pull Signals
Chapter 12	-	Hybrid and Electronic Pull Signals
Chapter 13	-	Kanban Operating Policies
Chapter 14	-	Scheduling Principles
Chapter 15	-	Scheduling Lines With Setups Between Products
Chapter 16	-	Leveled Sequencing of Mixed-Flow Assembly
Chapter 17	-	Production Planning and Forecasting
Part V - Business Relationships In a Supply Network
Chapter 18	-	Third-Party Logistics
Chapter 19	-	Supplier – customer relationships
Chapter 20	-	Supplier Support
Chapter 21	-	Where should you go from here?
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