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Authors: Michel Baudin
ISBN-13: 9781563272967, ISBN-10: 1563272962
Format: Other Format
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Michel Baudin

Book Synopsis

Are your warehouses full while production is stopped by shortages?

Do your customers complain that your lead times are too long and deliveries too late?

Lean Logistics: The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods by Michel Baudin helps you determine whether you have the right supply to meet your customers’ demands, as well as the ability to organize and deliver that supply. In this cutting edge work, Baudin addresses the physical infrastructure of lean logistics and the flow of information that composes its nervous system. He demonstrates the methods that will allow you to avoid shortages while maintaining low inventories, while showing you how to take advantage of the increased capacity and flexibility generated through lean manufacturing.

This book picks up where the Baudin’s previous book, Lean Assembly, left off.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1What is logistics?9
Ch. 2The lean approach to logistics27
Ch. 3Transportation inside the plant49
Ch. 4Warehousing strategies and devices73
Ch. 5Warehouse management89
Ch. 6Warehousing materials, WIP, and finished goods109
Ch. 7Supplier milk runs131
Ch. 8Consolidation centers near the plant159
Ch. 9Packaging and returnable containers171
Ch. 10Pull systems199
Ch. 11Manual pull signals223
Ch. 12Hybrid and electronic pull signals249
Ch. 13Kanban operating policies265
Ch. 14Scheduling principles271
Ch. 15Scheduling lines with setups between products281
Ch. 16Leveled sequencing of mixed-flow assembly303
Ch. 17Production planning and forecasting311
Ch. 18Third-party logistics333
Ch. 19Supplier-customer relationships341
Ch. 20Supplier support353

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