Lean and Technology: Working Hand in Hand to Enable and Energize Your Global Supply Chain

Index

Numbers

2D bar codes, 262–263

5 whys, 49

5S, 42

80/20 rule, 50, 93, 246

A

acceleration of supply chain, 256

activities, in Value Chain analysis, 9–11

ADSI Ship-IT, 214–215

advanced robotics, 263

advanced tools of Lean

batch size reduction, 46–47

JIT, 46

TPM, 48–49

value stream mapping, 43

work cells, 47–48

aggregate planning. See S&OP (sales and operations planning)

Agilent Technologies, supply chain collaboration case study, 251–252

alternative energy, 264

American Software, 87

analytics. See also supply chain analytics

categories of, 237–238

Anna’s Linens, supply chain analytics case study, 240–241

APICS website, 13–14

approving invoices, 60–61

APS (advanced planning and scheduling) systems, 176–178

Asprova, case study, 178–179

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