TY - BOOK AU - Dolcemascolo,Darren TI - Improving the extended value stream: lean for the entire supply chain SN - 9781563273339 (alk. paper) PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Productivity Press KW - Business logistics KW - Manufacturing processes KW - Industrial management KW - Industrial efficiency N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004344.html ER -