Book description
"Kirk Zylstra's focus on the customer is a fresh approach to lean.
Companies that can bear the burden of variability will develop a
strategic advantage in today's volatile market."
-Travis Jarrell Institute of Industrial Engineers Program Committee
Chair
"Lean Distribution is a comprehensive yet
concise work with clear leanings. Kirk's experience across a range of
industries brings a unique understanding of common opportunities and
solutions available to optimize distribution processes. Lean
techniques, typically effective in manufacturing processes, are
applied in the downstream supply chain in a practical and productive
manner that will offer something to any business distributing tangible
goods."
-F. Jeff Duncan Jr. VP, CIO, and Director of
Technology Louisiana Pacific Corp.
"Lean Distribution has robustly captured the revolution
occurring in today's increasingly competitive and global supply chain.
Eliminating losses through lean manufacturing and lean distribution
initiatives will become even more critical enablers to organizations
developing cost-advantaged supply chains."
-Rick McDonald
Director of Manufacturing The Clorox Company
KIRK D. ZYLSTRA is an independent consultant specializing
in supply chain and manufacturing operations transformation. He
teaches operations management and supply chain part-time at the
University of Washington Business School in Seattle, Washington. He is
a retired partner of a major international consulting firm, where he
served major manufacturing, distribution, and retail companies during
his more than twenty years with the firm. He has been a featured
speaker at the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and other
conferences on supply chain and Lean manufacturing. For more
information about Zylstra and Lean transformation, visit www.
profit-chain. com.
