Lean Supply Chain Management: A Handbook 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.