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Toyota's Supply Chain Management: A Strategic Approach to Toyota's Renowned System
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Product Description
A Toyota insider and two supply chain experts reveal the top management secrets behind one of the most successful operations in the world
“Supply chain excellence” has become a hot-button phrase among managers in high-production industries. Few organizations have a more efficient supply chain than Toyota, which makes them the perfect model for your leadership mission. This step-by-step guide gives you an inside look at the company's proven operational methods that connect offices, plants, facilities, and vendors around the world.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #383259 in Books
- Published on: 2009-07-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
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From the Back Cover
Top management secrets to building a world-clas supply chain
Three industry insiders cover every link in Toyota’s supply chain, explaining the operations and the logic behind them. Toyota Supply Chain Management will help you design and oversee significant improvements to your supply chain, including
- Sales planing
- Production scheduling
- Supplier Management
- Logistics
- Parts ordering
- Demand fulfillment
The authors pool their extensive and well-rounded knowledge to provide “how-to” insights for applying the lessons of Toyota in any industry. Using this book as your guide, you can create operational efficiency by better connecting offices, plants, facilities, and vendors.
Apply the lessons of Toyota to ensure your company leads the race for growth and profits in today’s competitive economy.
About the Author
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.
