The Lean Supply Chain ― Managing the Challenge at Tesco

Over the last two decades Tesco has emerged as a dominant player in the UK market and a leading global retailer. The Lean Supply Chain: Managing the Challenge at Tesco, 2nd Edition explores how a key part of the retailer's performance has been the development of highly capable supply chains to serve its needs. This second edition contains new chapters on rebuilding consumer trust and corporate social responsibility (CSR), as well as updated material on the current challenges and themes for development being considered by Tesco.

This prize-winning book examines how Tesco has used the key principles of customer loyalty, simplicity of operations and Lean thinking to drive growth, and how these ideas have been applied to the management of its supply chain. Drawing on the authors' deep knowledge of how Tesco has developed from both an academic and practitioner perspective, The Lean Supply Chain: Managing the Challenge at Tesco, 2nd Edition challenges conventional business thinking and demonstrates Tesco's most successful strategies through bona fide examples.

Barry Evans' early career involved a variety of roles in Logistics and Distribution with Watney Mann, Rank Hovis McDougall and Royal Mail, followed by roles in Tesco plc, including Lean Process Manager in Tesco Supply Chain Development. He joined the Lean Enterprise Research Centre at Cardiff Business School in 2005 and retired in 2012.

Robert Mason is a Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) at Cardiff Business School and has led many business research projects with Tesco as a partner. He has a business background and held a variety of roles with M&S.