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Using Lean Principles to Lean Out the Supply Chain

ISM's 92nd Annual International Supply Management Conference

Las Vegas, NV
May 2007

Author(s):

Sandra Barkman, M.S., C.P.M., Senior Procurement Agent, The University of Michigan, sbarkman@umich.edu

Bryon S. Marks, MBA, Divisional Supply Chain Manager, Eaton Corporation, bryonsmarks@eaton.com

With contacts throughout the supply chain, who would be better than the supply chain professional to implement lean principles? Learn five principles of lean and value stream mapping to identify costly value stream activities. Through a simulation of various delivery modes, the audience will experience "leaning out the supply chain."

Sponsored by the ISM Materials Management Group

 
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