Theory of Base6© - Successfully Implementing the Lean Supply Chain
A featured story (in three parts no less) at the Council of Supply Chain Management's website describes the Theory of Base6 - Successfully implementing the lean supply chain. The authors of the article are Robert Martichenko and Dr. Thomas Goldsby. In the first part of the article, a list of persistent ideas in business are listed on account o fthe fact that these ideas have some value proposition. The list includes:
- Total Quality Management - Dr. W. Edwards Deming influence
- Six Sigma - Dr. W. Edwards Deming influence - Motorola and GE developed
- Lean Manufacturing - Dr. W. Edwards Deming influence -Taiichi Ohno, Eiji Toyoda, Shigeo Shingo, Toyota Motor Manufacturing developed
- Theory of Constraints - Eliyahu Goldratt
- ISO Certification - influenced by engineering groups from many countries
- Good to Great - Jim Collins
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey
Further, they distil the above business ideas around six common themes (hence, i suppose the term Base6) which are:
- Customer Focus
- Vision Deployment
- Process Management
- Teamwork
- Quality at the Root
- Continuous Improvement
Each theme is then expanded briefly in their article. I am waiting for the next part in the series to see how these themes are fleshed out in greater detail and how these themes are linked up towards developing and implementing a lean supply chain.
Categorized as: Reviews_, Lean_, Supply Chain Managment_, Process Management_
Tags: Theory of Base6, Lean, Lean Supply Chain, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, ISO, Quality, Continuous Improvement
posted by AJ @ 3:41 PM
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