How to use lean production in logistics industry? Is it suitable?

First, the basic elements of lean logistics

The essence of lean logistics is the application of lean thinking in the field of logistics, that is, to eliminate all unnecessary waste in the logistics process and achieve perfection. Four elements of lean logistics:

1, customized

In lean logistics mode, customer demand becomes the driving force of value flow. The customers here include external customers and internal customers of the next process, relevant departments and relevant personnel. The flow of value stream is driven by downstream customers, not upstream, and customers become important participants in the whole activity. Therefore, good customer relationship management plays a decisive role in the process of realizing lean logistics.

2. just right

For lean logistics, the faster the better, the faster the speed will often lead to misjudgment of environmental changes, or increase costs because of high speed. For example, the requirement of fast transportation will translate into a large inventory or lead to an increase in freight. So the speed should be suitable to meet the needs of customers, not too fast or too slow.

3. Win-win cooperation

Compared with the contradiction between supply and demand interests in the traditional competitive era, lean logistics emphasizes the cooperative relationship between enterprises. Logistics function exists on the basis of production, sales and customer service. Without the supply chain between these functions, logistics has no basis for existence. Therefore, the logistics department within an enterprise can realize lean logistics and win-win opportunities only by working closely with the production department, sales department and customer service department.

4. Integration of supply chain integration

The integration of supply chain integration includes three aspects: first, the integration of supply chain within enterprises. It solves the efficiency problem of enterprise management; Secondly, integrate the external supply chain of enterprises. -Trying to increase contact with suppliers and customers, enhance their consistency and realize information sharing through enterprise strategic partnership management; Finally, the integrated dynamic alliance is realized. Enterprises integrate through network technology to meet the needs of customers. Once the customer disappears, it will collapse.

Among the four elements of lean logistics, supply chain integration is the foundation, and the realization network and operation track of lean logistics are constructed. Punctuality is the basic feature and concrete measure of lean logistics, customization is the goal of lean logistics, and win-win cooperation is the operating mechanism and criterion of lean logistics. The interaction of these factors ensures the direction, planning and realization of lean logistics operation.

Second, the principles and objectives of lean logistics

Lean logistics is the management of enterprise logistics activities by using lean thinking. Its basic principles are: to study what can generate value from the perspective of customers rather than from the perspective of enterprises or functional departments; Determine all necessary steps and activities of supplying, producing and distributing products according to the whole value stream; Create a value-added activity flow without interruption, detour, waiting and backflow; Only when customers drive in time can we create value; Constantly eliminate waste and pursue perfection.

The goal of lean logistics can be summarized as follows: enterprises should minimize waste while providing satisfactory customer service. There are many wasteful phenomena in enterprise logistics activities, such as customer service dissatisfaction, overstock and surplus inventory caused by no demand, unnecessary distribution processing procedures, unnecessary material movement, waiting because the upstream of supply chain cannot deliver goods or provide services on time, providing services that customers don't need, etc. Efforts to eliminate these waste phenomena are the most important content of lean logistics. We introduce lean thinking into logistics management system, and find and eliminate waste by applying lean methods in logistics management activities.

Lean manufacturing has achieved great success in Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan, which has opened a new page for global manufacturing. Now more and more manufacturers are trying to learn the Toyota way and make their own enterprises lean. Therefore, we believe that the emergence of lean logistics will inject new vitality into the global logistics system, and lean logistics management will also become the mainstream of logistics management in the future.