Groundbreaking Lean Supply Chain & Logistics Management book published

Feb. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- PUBLICATION NOTICE

TITLE:         Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

AUTHOR:          Paul Myerson

PUBLICATION MONTH:       February 2012

PRICE/SPECS:         $40; Hardcover; 288 pages

ISBN-10 & ISBN-13:       0-07-176626-X/ 978-0-07-176626-5


Expert Strategies for Improving Supply Chain and Logistics Performance Using Lean

This practical guide reveals how to identify and eliminate waste in any organization's supply chain and logistics function. Written by a leading supply chain and logistics management expert with consulting, teaching, training and industry experience, it combines all aspects of Lean – Lean tools, methodologies, keys to success, and provides complete coverage of all functional areas of supply chain and logistics management, to enable the reader not only to begin the Lean SCM journey but to sustain it into the future, where the ultimate rewards of increased competitiveness and profitability are attained.

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management provides explanations of both basic and advanced Lean tools, as well as specific Lean implementation opportunities. Real-world examples and case studies demonstrate how to effectively use this powerful strategy to realize significant, long-term improvements and bottom-line savings.

The book covers:
•   The eight wastes
•   Lean opportunities and JIT in supply chain and logistics
•   Global lean supply chain and logistics
•   Lean opportunity assessment, value stream mapping, and Kaizen event  
                  management
•   Best-in-class use of technology with Lean
•   Metrics and measurement, and more.

Paul Myerson has been a successful change catalyst for clients and organizations of all sizes. He has more than 25 years of experience in supply chain strategies, systems, and operations that have resulted in bottom-line improvements for companies such as General Electric, Unilever, and Church and Dwight. He is currently Managing Partner at Logistics Planning Associates, LLC, a supply chain planning software and consulting business (www.psiplanner.com).


Myerson serves as an adjunct professor at several universities, including Kean University and New Jersey City University. He is the author of a Windows-based Supply Chain Planning software, and co-author of a Lean supply chain and logistics management simulation training game by ENNA.

Please contact me if you’re interested in speaking with the author, and reprinting or posting short excerpts of the book. If you review or mention this book, a notice via email or tear-sheet is much appreciated. Please send to:   
      
Bettina Faltermeier, Senior Manager, Marketing & Publicity
McGraw-Hill Professional
1221 6th Ave, Fl. 45 New York, NY 10020
bettina_faltermeier@mcgraw-hill.com; 212-512-4014

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