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 Toyotas supply
chain, along with both the tactics and strategies you can use to build an outstanding
system of your own.
Toyota Supply Chain Management 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 subjectfrom principles and
theories to operations and best practicesToyota Supply Chain Management is the most
comprehensive, insightful guide to forging a world-class supply chain system.
Sridhar Seshadri is a professor of operations management in the IROM Department at
the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin. He has done extensive
research on supply chain contracts and risk management.
Roy Vasher is a former Toyota senior executive. Vasher played a leading role in
Toyota?'s North American and European initiatives to streamline the supply chain to reduce
order-to-delivery lead time. Currently he is president of RPV Consulting, LLC.
Table of Contents
Ch1. The BullWhip Effect
Ch 2. Supply Chain Overview
Ch 3. Mix planning
Ch 4. Sales Planning and Forecasting
Ch 5. Production scheduling
Ch 6. Parts ordering and forecasting
Ch 7. Inbound logistics
Ch 8. Suppliers
Ch 9. Production operations
Ch 10. Outbound Logistics
Ch 11. Dealers
Ch 12. The Toyota Way in review
Ch 13. How to apply Toyota Way principles to non-automotive supply chains
240 pages, Hardcover