Session ID:

VS3-08

n Intermediate

Just-in-time Logistics Flow
Lean Logistics

During this presentation Jim Price will discuss supply chain, materials management, and product distribution value streams flow principles and how they improve productivity and business performance. Other ideas that will be discussed include:

Jim will then apply these lean principles to actual case study logistical processes to demonstrate their value in satisfying customers, shortening lead time, assuring quality, and reducing costs.

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James Price, Faculty Principal, Enterprise Value Stream Transformation

Jim Price gained his credentials in global logistics operations while serving for a period of over twenty years as a logistics officer and defense industrial operations commander within the US Army.  

Jim Price gained his in-depth credentials in just-in-time logistics and manufacturing processes while serving as General Manager over Ryder Integrated Logistics’ Toyota North America team.  His team was responsible for directing and executing the in-bound assembly parts logistics processes and dock operations for 2 Toyota plants. He helped design and manage extensions of the Toyota Production System out to Toyota's parts supplier base through just-in-time over-the-road truck and material handling logistics processes.  

Jim has also served as Plant Manager (PM) over two large scale highway tractor & trailer remanufacturing plants, as PM of a steel crankshaft forging company, as Director of Operations over a hydraulic and pneumatic drive control machining and assembly manufacturer an as Director of Logistics for a material handling equipment manufacturer.  Within two of these operations, he successfully transformed a significant portion of the operations to operate within the principles of lean manufacturing and implemented kanban pull systems to manage both material and work-in-process (WIP) flows.

Since joining the faculty of the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky in 2001, Jim has been instrumental in creating an effective extension focused Lean transformation support program that has helped numerous companies kick-start their Lean transformation journey through coaching on-site manufacturing, business process, supply chain logistics, and supply fulfillment value stream flow kaizen workshops.