Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management

By James William Martin

Book Overview

A Proven 10-Step Solution Process to Identify and Solve Supply Chain Problems Using the Latest Lean Methods Fully revised to cover recent dramatic developments in supply chain improvement... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071479422
• ISBN13: 9780071479424
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
• Length: 411 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good Book for deploying six sigma in supply chain

I am really pleased to read this book cos I am dealing with one inventory project. I found it is helpful.

Excellent reference for supply chain improvment

Excellent reference for supply chain improvement James Martin's book, "Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management: The ten step solution process", is an excellent resource. It is written for supply chain professionals to explain six sigma process methodologies and how they can be applied to improving real business processes. Mr. Martin does an excellent job of pulling together a broad set of information to explain these quality improvement methodolgies and how these can be applied to supply chain processes. He has created a great reference. This is the type of book that you want to read while your working on a process improvement project. The concepts are directly applicable.

Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management

This is most definitely a book for Supply Chain and Operations Management practitioners. If the reader is looking for a high level review of the subject matter, I would not recommend this book. This book is a serious, dense study of the material with practical applications and techniques. Of the various industry texts that I have read, this is probably the "slowest read" mostly because there is so much content and meaning in each section. At the same time, the book design is modular so that the practitioner may skip chapters and study just their focus area. Mr. Martin definitely displays his expertise with fluff-free, accurate, and useful information. A must read for people serious about transforming their supply chains.

Good Introduction to a Complex Subject

The majority of books and studies in the six sigma quality area deal with controlling your own manufacturing process - maybe that's because manufacturing quality people buy the books. But most of the problems that occur with actually developing, installing and using six sigma lie not in manufacturing but in managing the outside vendor supply chain. Mr. Martin, a long time worker in six sigma and in lean supply chain management has put together a book that is completely understandable for such a complex subject. If anything the book is just a bit to understandable so that you may become convinced that six sigma is easy. It's not. An awful lot of big companies have been talking about six sigma but have proven unable to get to that standard. All and all, this is an excellent overview of the six sigma concept when combined with Lean supply chain concepts. It's certainly a good place to start.

Robert Sutter, Six Sigma Master Black Belt

This is an excellent, practical resource for anyone interested in improving their supply chain. The author has done an outstanding job at explaining specifically, in practical terms, how to use Lean Six Sigma methods to achieve supply chain improvements. The lucid explanations provides valuable guidance for both experienced and novice Lean Six Sigma practitioners. Using this reference as a guide will assist you in realizing supply chain improvements quickly.