The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production Diverging Theories and New Industries around the World
Book contents
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures and Sidebars
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Lean Production as the Dominant Division of Labor
- Part I Theories of Lean Production
- Part II Lean Production across Industries
- 7 Challenges to Lean Implementation from a True Lean Toyota Production System Perspective
- 8 Lean Production in the Automotive Industry
- 9 Product and Process Innovation to Power the Lean Enterprise
- 10 Using a Lean Six Sigma Strategy to Be Resilient in the Telecommunications Sector
- 11 Lean Transformation in Healthcare
- 12 The Adoption of Lean Thinking by Legal Services Providers
- 13 Lean in Public Services
- 14 Mass Merchandizing and Lean Production at Walmart, Costco, and Amazon
- 15 Lean Management Systems and the Use of Financial Information
- 16 Lean Workflow and Quality Assurance when Creating Software-Intensive Products and Services
- Part III Lean Production Around the World
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
14 - Mass Merchandizing and Lean Production at Walmart, Costco, and Amazon
from Part II - Lean Production across Industries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures and Sidebars
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Lean Production as the Dominant Division of Labor
- Part I Theories of Lean Production
- Part II Lean Production across Industries
- 7 Challenges to Lean Implementation from a True Lean Toyota Production System Perspective
- 8 Lean Production in the Automotive Industry
- 9 Product and Process Innovation to Power the Lean Enterprise
- 10 Using a Lean Six Sigma Strategy to Be Resilient in the Telecommunications Sector
- 11 Lean Transformation in Healthcare
- 12 The Adoption of Lean Thinking by Legal Services Providers
- 13 Lean in Public Services
- 14 Mass Merchandizing and Lean Production at Walmart, Costco, and Amazon
- 15 Lean Management Systems and the Use of Financial Information
- 16 Lean Workflow and Quality Assurance when Creating Software-Intensive Products and Services
- Part III Lean Production Around the World
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Merchandising has seen tremendous changes over the last fifty years. “Mom and pop grocery stores” have given way to large retail and then wholesale distributors – the “big box” stores – and this has been followed by the development of on-line giants like Amazon.com that control almost 40 percent of online purchases (Mitchell and Lavecchia 2016). This was accompanied by the relatively high-priced Seven-Eleven convenience stores, and then by low-priced T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Family Dollar, and Dollar General stores that buy up overstocks, out of season, or seconds items to sell at lower prices. Even the once dominant Sears Corporation has had difficulty negotiating these changes.
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- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean ProductionDiverging Theories and New Industries around the World, pp. 350 - 374Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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