July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
8h 15m
English
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38 Lean suppLy ChaIn ManageMent essentIaLs
• Supplier is viewed as an upstream work center to the plant.
• Suppliers share information.
• Cost reductions are equally shared.
• Suppliers must:
• Have reliable quality
• Have reliable delivery
e idea here is that the best alternative to improving the forecast is to actually
eliminate the forecast and simply use the planning information of the customer as
the projection. is should be more accurate than an independent forecast ever could
be, and it will have the advantage of helping spur discussions of future plans between
the two parties. is requires an atmosphere where the two parties are truly partners,
however, not just two companies doing business together. We will discuss this in some ...