Integrating Lean into Canadian Tire's Supply Chain

Canadian Tire Corporation's Supply Chain has engaged in Lean methodology over the last several years beginning with the Distribution environment as well as the Transportation Division in the last year. Through implementing the process in Transportation and focussing on upstream and downstream impacts to internal stakeholders and customers an opportunity presented itself to take on a cross -functional "Leaning Out' approach as it related the Coordinated effort of Outbound Load Departures- between the Distribution Shipping Team, and Transportation's Dispatch and Guardhouse Operations.

This presentation would provide a summary of how applying Lean Methodology to this cross-functional environment provided improvements to upstream and downstream process and ensured customer expectations were met and exceeded.

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is a growing network of interrelated businesses, engaged in retail, financial services and petroleum.

These businesses offer a unique mix of products and services that leverage Canadian Tire's core capabilities and exemplify our vision to be a growing, innovative network of businesses, achieving extraordinary results through extraordinary people. We touch more people, in more ways, every day.

Canadian Tire is a proud Canadian family and our purpose is to serve and enrich the lives of our customers, our shareholders, our team and our communities. 48,000 Canadians work across the Canadian Tire organization from coast-to-coast in the corporation's retail, financial services, petroleum and apparel businesses.

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