Lean supplier development
Subtitle: establishing partnerships and true costs throughout the supply chain
By: Chris Harris, Rick Harris, and Chuck Streeter.
Contributors: Harris, Rick, 1953 Aug. 2-; Streeter, Chuck.
Publisher: Productivity Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Cost control; Industrial procurement -- Cost control; Business planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Does this stuff really work?; title: The supplier development philosophy; title: Key players in supplier development; title: How to choose a supplier for a long-term partnership; title: The importance of internal operations; title: The plan for every part (PFEP); title: True cost thought process; title: Change cost; title: Ongoing cost; title: Risk cost; title: True cost sourcing; title: : understanding the physical connection between partner and customer; title: Receiving product; title: Packaging; title: The partner development team; title: The value stream mapping methodology; title: The quarterly review process; title: Supplier development quarterly review agenda.