Download or read book Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management, Chapter 7 - Lean Supply Chains and Third-Party Logistics written by James Martin and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chapter comes from Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management, written by a master black belt/educator. Neatly condensed into a 10 step process, this book teaches you how to apply the tenets of lean operations (from the Toyota Production System) and Six Sigma management principles to supply chain management. Author Jim Martin includes more than 200 tables and figures describing roadmaps, critical success characteristics as well as specific information necessary to fully integrate Lean Six Sigma concepts within your supply chain.