Dolcemascolo, Darren <br/><br/>
Improving the extended value stream :  lean for the entire supply chain / 
Darren Dolcemascolo 
 - New York :  Productivity Press,  c2006 
 - xiii, 209 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index 
<br/><br/>Planning and analysis of the lean extended value stream -- Lean and the extended value stream -- Mapping the extended value stream, current state -- Creating a lean extended value stream -- Implementation of the lean supply chain -- Outsourcing strategy: how to determine when it makes sense to outsource -- Evaluating current and potential suppliers for the lean extended value stream -- Buyer-supplier relationships in the lean enterprise: contracting -- Value-stream mapping at supplier sites -- The tools of process kaizen -- Facilitating kaizen events for suppliers and customers -- Sustaining and continuously improving the lean extended value stream -- Techniques for sustaining success -- Continuous improvement of the extended value stream 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781563273339 (alk. paper) 1563273330 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business logistics<br/>Manufacturing processes<br/>Industrial management<br/>Industrial efficiency