Lean and Technology: Working Hand in Hand to Enable and Energize Your Global Supply Chain

by Paul Myerson

Overview

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Focus Your Supply Chain Technology Investments to Reduce Risk and Maximize Competitiveness

Lean, Six Sigma, and related approaches offer immense potential for improving competitiveness, cost, and customer experience–if you can overcome the challenges of planning and implementation. The well-targeted use of technology can dramatically reduce your risks and accelerate your progress. Until now, however, many guidebooks and consultants have treated Lean primarily as a “pen and pencil” technique. Lean and Technology is the first complete guide to integrating Lean thinking with proven, affordable, and emerging technologies. You’ll learn how companies are linking strategy, the value chain, and IT–and how they are executing on their plans to achieve real competitive advantage.

Step by step, Myerson shows how to use the proven six-step SCOR Model to organize the integration of technology with all key supply chain and operations processes. You’ll discover how to:

• PLAN to optimize supply chain networks, demand forecasting, master production scheduling, and S&OP
• SOURCE more effectively with today’s MRP and procurement/e-procurement technologies
• MAKE higher-value “lean production” products with modern ERP, MES, and short-term scheduling systems
• DELIVER the right customer solutions at the right time and cost via advanced DRP, TMS, and order fulfillment systems
• RETURN products and materials with state-of-the-art reverse logistics systems
• ENABLE continuous improvement via carefully chosen measurements, metrics, and analytics

Throughout, Myerson presents easy-to-use tools, methodologies, best practices, and real-world examples: all you need to improve speed, accuracy, integration, and collaboration across complex supply chains. He concludes by previewing emerging technologies for maintaining and extending the competitive advantage you’ve already built.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134291550
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	10/28/2016
Series:	FT Press Operations Management
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Paul A. Myerson is a Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management at Lehigh University and holds a B.S. in Business Logistics and an M.B.A. in Physical Distribution.

 

Professor Myerson has an extensive background as a Supply Chain and Logistics professional, consultant, and teacher. Prior to joining the faculty at Lehigh, Professor Myerson has been a successful change catalyst for a variety of clients and organizations of all sizes, having over 30 years experience in Supply Chain and Logistics strategies, systems, and operations that have resulted in bottom-line improvements for companies such as General Electric, Unilever, and Church and Dwight (Arm & Hammer).

 

Professor Myerson created and has marketed a Supply Chain Planning software tool for Windows to a variety of companies worldwide since 1998.

 

He is the author of the books Lean Supply Chain & Logistics (McGraw-Hill, 2012), Lean Wholesale and Retail (McGraw-Hill, 2014), and Supply Chain and Logistics Management Made Easy (Pearson, 2015); as well as a Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management simulation training game and training package (Enna.com, copyright 2012—13).

 

Professor Myerson also writes a column on Lean Supply Chain for Inbound Logistics Magazine and a blog for Industry Week magazine.

 

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Lean Supply Chain Management and Technology

Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 – Supply Chain, Technology and their growing importance to business and society   

Chapter 3 – Lean concepts and their applications in the Supply Chain

Chapter 4 – Applications of Software and Hardware Sourcing Process and Supply Chain and Logistics Management Technology     

Part II: Plan

Chapter 5 – Supply Chain Network Optimization

Chapter 6 – Demand Forecasting Systems

Chapter 7 – Master Production Scheduling (MPS) and other Advanced Planning Systems (APS)

Chapter 8 – Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Part III: Source

Chapter 9 – Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)

Chapter 10 – Procurement (and e-procurement) Systems

Part IV: Make

Chapter 11– Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems

Chapter 12 – Manufacturing Executions Systems (MES)

Chapter 13 – Short Term Scheduling

Part V: Deliver

Chapter 14 – Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)

Chapter 15 – Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Chapter 16 – Order Fulfillment Systems 

Part VI: Return

Chapter 17 – Reverse Logistics Systems

Part VII: Enable

Chapter 18 – Measurements, Metrics and Analytics

Part VIII: Where do we go from here?

Chapter 19 – Collaborative Supply Chain Systems

Chapter 20 – Emerging Technologies and their Potential Impact on the Lean Supply Chain in the coming years

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Paul A. Myerson’sLean and Technology:

“Supply Chain Managers have been continuously challenged by external or exogenous forces, particularly in the 21^st century. These external forces have challenged business practices and influenced consumer behavior. While globalization has probably attracted the most attention among businesses and governments as an external force or game changer, it has become evident in recent years that the fast paced changes occurring in technology probably are having more impact and influence not only with consumers—e.g., it is currently estimated that 56 cents of every dollar spent for retail sales is based on a digital interaction—, but also among businesses. Companies are being challenged by their customers to provide service on an anytime, anywhere basis at the most efficient and effective level possible and to perfectly execute that service. The impact of the omni-channel revolution is reverberating throughout global supply chains. The technology associated with mobile communication, deep learning, cloud computing, intelligent robotics and manufacturing digitization in conjunction with the approaches and strategies presented by Professor Myerson provide the basis for a “new normal” for supply chains of Mobility, Integration, Complexity and Competition that will shape the strategic direction of supply chains for the foreseeable future.”

— Dr. John J. Coyle, Professor Emeritus of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, The Pennsylvania State University

“The supply chain arena is drastically changing with new technologies and adaptive intelligence breakthroughs making opportunities for improvement more easily attainable than ever before. Combined with lean principles, which are fundamental to supply chain efficiency, the future is both exciting and challenging at the same time. Companies need to prepare for tomorrow and continuously educate themselves on how systems and processes are changing.”

-- John Murphy, Senior Director Supply Chain Management, Oracle

“Myerson’s book includes many interesting case studies of how companies today are using information technologies to complement lean approaches in order to improve their supply chain performance, effectively using the SCOR model to organize the material.”

-- Susan A. Sherer, Professor, Lehigh University

“With Lean and Technology, Prof. Myerson breaks new ground in creating the industry’s most user friendly “How To” guide with actionable step by step guidance to streamlined and more technologically savvy supply chain integration, regardless of product.”

-- Dr. William J. Bajor, Director, Graduate and Extended Studies, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

“Today’s business decisions have to be made at a rapid pace. Applying Lean practices with today’s open and flexible technology offerings will help forward thinking operations gain tremendous competitive advantage.”

— Ron Kubera, Executive VP & CMO, Lucas Systems

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