Lean Supply Chain Management

Lean Supply Chain Management provides procurement and supplier development professionals with a powerful and profitable method for strategic procurement. Unlike other strategic procurement guides, Lean Supply Chain Management considers an organization's 'business condition' as a contributing factor in the development of a strategic procurement strategy. That is, rather than taking a 'one-size fits all' approach, the author's more individualized approach illustrates techniques specific to organizations operating in a 'standard' environment or 'crisis' environment. In addition, Lean Supply Chain Management is the only book that incorporates lean methodology as the key factor in its supply chain strategies. Highlights include: methods for developing and tracking strategic procurement initiatives; Planning in the 'standard' and 'crisis' environments; Coordinating supply chain management and lean manufacturing; Performance measurement tools. Lean Supply Chain Management provides purchasers and supplier development professionals with the tools needed to transform procurement from a mere cost center to a profit generator.