Lean Logistics-Understanding January 20, 2006
Posted by Lawrence Loucka in : Lean, Lean Sigma, Logistics, Sigma, Supply Chain , add a comment Thomas CraigExpert Author Published: 2006-01-20 Lean Logistics-Understanding - WebProNews |
Supply chain management was designed to take waste out of supply chains-waste as to excess inventory, time and cost.
Supply chains are meant to pull, not push, inventory through the supply chain. This is exactly what lean logistics is also about-removing waste and variation from supply chains; it is what Kanban, Pull, is about with Lean Logistics.
Wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, suppliers, 3PLs and every party involved in the supply chain feel the pressure to reduce and balance cost, time and inventory-to be lean. This is true with domestic supply chains; but it is especially true with global supply chains.