Design for Stability in Transport Logistics - Definition, Concepts and Evaluation

Download or read book Design for Stability in Transport Logistics - Definition, Concepts and Evaluation written by Kunert, Christoph and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lean management describes a set of methods combined with a management philosophy which aims at eliminating waste in logistics processes. In production logistics, lean is already widespread and applied successfully. Research has shown that lean also works in a warehousing environment. In transport logistics, lean is still at a low level of maturity in both research and practice. This work contributes to closing this gap by introducing Heijunka leveling to transport logistics.