JIT is a long-term approach to process improvement. Itcosts, improve quality and improve responsivene uses timeliness as a lever to lower ss. However, JIT requires enormous commitment. It took Toyota more than 25 years to get right!
9. 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra Flow with JIT Traditional Flow Customers Suppliers Customers Suppliers Production Process (stream of water) Inventory (stagnant ponds) Material (water in stream)
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11. The role of inventory in traditional and JIT systems: The water and the rocks metaphor Material quality problems Long setups Poor training Break downs Material handling Traditional systems use inventory (water) to buffer the process from problems (rocks) that cause disruption. Water = Inventory 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra
12. The role of inventory in traditional and JIT systems: The water and the rocks metaphor Material quality problems Long setups Poor training Break downs Material handling JIT systems view inventory as waste and work to lower inventory levels to expose and correct the problems (rocks) that cause disruption. 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra
13. The role of inventory in traditional and JIT systems: The water and the rocks metaphor Material quality problems Long setups Poor training Break downs Material handling Lowering the level of inventory is relatively easy to do. However, the problems that arise must be corrected quickly … Otherwise, without decoupling inventory, the process will flounder. 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra
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17. 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra An engineering and manufacturing philosophy that identifies physical similarities of parts and establishes their effective production. Assignment of individual products to product families
18. 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra Assignment of product families to manufacturing cells
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23. 2/22/2009 just in time by ravindra … Lower Level Inven-tory … MRP – Push System Kanban – Pull System … Kanban Signals Full Containers Lower Level Inven-tory Assem-bly Assem-bly