Title
Just-in-Time
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1987
Date Issued
January 1987
Date Available
September 2011
Abstract
The Japanese manufacturing sector's superior quality and productivity have resulted from the use of such management techniques as just‐in‐time (JIT). JIT is designed for efficient, quality production of a large variety of products, with items produced or purchased just in time to be used. The components of a JIT system include: 1. production smoothing, 2. multifunction workers, 3. job standardization, and 4. Kanban, an information‐generating process for reducing inventories and correcting bottlenecks. Although JIT implementation can be a lengthy process involving several changes with long‐term effects, the benefits of JIT occur even in the initial stages of implementation. The requirements for implementing JIT include: 1. training, 2. long-range planning, 3. proper attitudes by stockholders or owners, 4. union, government, and management support, 5. "open management" for management and employee relations, 6. smooth work flow between processes, 7. proper departmental functions, and 8. supplier management.
Publisher
Engineering, Chemical & Marine Press Ltd.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Sang M., Ebrahimpour, Maling. Management Decision. London: 1987. Vol. 25, Iss. 6; pg. 50.
Creative Commons License
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Comments
5 p. Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Management Decision. London: 1987. Vol. 25, Iss. 6; pg. 50.