Lean supply chain management

Globalization, uncertainty and volatility of the environment are forcing organizations to use new concepts that support the effective organization management, including supply chain management. The aim of the article is to answer what is supply chain management and lean management and if the lean management tools may be applied in the supply chain optimization. Critical analysis of literature indicates that value stream mapping is a useful tool in optimization of supply chain. It is observed that the term lean supply chain emerges. However, it is a need to seek new solutions in the field of logistics and the emergence of the agile concept and later a resilient supply chain.