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Toyota's Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to Toyota's Renowned System [NOOK Book]
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Three industry insiders cover every link in Toyota's supply chain, explaining the operations and the logic behind them. Toyota Supply Chain Management will help you design and oversee significant improvements to your supply chain, including:
Sales Planning
Production Scheduling
Supplier Management
Logistics
Parts Ordering
Demand Fulfillment
The authors pool their extensive and well-rounded knowledge to provide "how-to" insights for applying the lessons of Toyota in any industry. Using this book as your guide, you can create operational efficiency by better connecting offices, plants, facilities, and vendors. Apply the lessons of Toyota to ensure your company leads the race for growth and profits in today's competitive economy.
Foreword Hau L. Lee vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Toyota Learning Principles and the v4L Framework 1
Chapter 2 Comprehensive Overview of Supply Chain 5
Chapter 3 Mix Planning 25
Chapter 4 Sales and Operations Planning 37
Chapter 5 Production Scheduling and Operations 55
Chapter 6 Parts Ordering 73
Chapter 7 Managing Suppliers 85
Chapter 8 Logistics 103
Chapter 9 Dealer and Demand Fulfillment 121
Chapter 10 Crisis Management 133
Chapter 11 The Toyota Way of Managing Supply Chains 147
Chapter 12 How to Apply Toyota Way Principles to Nonautomotive Supply Chains 173
Chapter 13 The Beer Game and the Toyota Supply Chain 185
Chapter 14 Reflections of Supply Chain Participants 201
Chapter 15 Reflections 215
Appendix 219
Index 221
Overview
Three industry insiders cover every link in Toyota's supply chain, explaining the operations and the logic behind them. Toyota Supply Chain Management will help you design and oversee significant improvements to your supply chain, including:
Sales Planning
Production Scheduling
Supplier Management
Logistics
Parts Ordering
Demand Fulfillment
The authors pool their extensive and well-rounded knowledge to provide "how-to" insights for applying the ...