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Just in Time

Just-in-Time (JIT) is a Japanese manufacturing philosophy developed by Taiichi Ohno at Toyota to eliminate waste and meet consumer demand with minimal delays. It involves highly motivated workers committed to constant improvement, collaboration, and efficiency. The seven wastes include overproduction, waiting time, transportation, inappropriate processing, inventory, excess motion, and defects. Benefits of JIT are reduced costs, improved quality, efficient multi-skilled employees, better scheduling, increased productivity, simplified administration.

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Just in Time

Just-in-Time (JIT) is a Japanese manufacturing philosophy developed by Taiichi Ohno at Toyota to eliminate waste and meet consumer demand with minimal delays. It involves highly motivated workers committed to constant improvement, collaboration, and efficiency. The seven wastes include overproduction, waiting time, transportation, inappropriate processing, inventory, excess motion, and defects. Benefits of JIT are reduced costs, improved quality, efficient multi-skilled employees, better scheduling, increased productivity, simplified administration.

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JUST- IN- TIME (JIT)

 It is Japanese Management Philosophy practiced since the early 1970s in


many Japenese Manufacturing organization.
 It was first developed within the Toyota manufacturing plants by Taiichi
Ohno
 It is a philosophy rather than a technique-by eliminating all wastes and
seeking continuous improvement.
 It is a means of meeting consumer demands with minimum delays.
 Toyota realized this is only successful -
i. if every individual is involved and committed to it.
ii. if the plant and processes were arranged for maximum output and
efficiency.
iii. if quality and production programs were scheduled to meet
demands exactly.
 The Japanese work ethics involves-
1) workers are highly motivated to seek constant improvement.
2) Companies focus on group effort which involves combining of
talents and sharing knowledge, ideas and the achievement of a
common goal.
3) it is not unusual for a Japanese employee to work 14-hours a day.
4) Employees tend to remain with one company throughout the course
of career span.
SEVEN WASTES

Waste of over-production
Waste of waiting
Waste of transporting
Waste of Inappropriate Processing
Waste of Stocks
Waste of excess motion
Waste of Defects

i. Waste of over-production-
 It refers to producing more than what is needed.
 over-production is considered as waste but it costs the company
money to produce it and it lowers the quality of the product if it
is not used.
 It can be eliminated by reducing the -set up time, timing
between processes and make only what is needed now.

ii. Waste of Waiting-


 It refers to waste of goods that are not moving.
 It can be reduced by eliminating bottle necks and balance
uneven loads by flexible manufacturing systems.

iii. Waste of Transportation-


 Many products are damaged or lost during transportation.
 It can be reduced by establishing layouts and locations that
reduce handling and shipping.

iv. Waste of Inappropriate Processing-


 Question regarding the reason for existence of all product and
why each product is necessary.

v. Waste of Stocks/Unnecessary Inventory-


 Excessive inventory is a direct result of overproduction and
waiting.
 it will lead to limited floor space and poor communication.
vi. Waste of excess motion-
 Steady motion and consistency to be maintained.

vii. Waste of Defects


 Defects in the manufacturing process are a tremendous cost to a
company.
 a minor defect can cost the company more than the entire
manufacturing cost to begin with.
 Develop production Process to prevent defects from products
being produced.

BENEFITS OF JIT
a) Product cost is greatly reduced.
b) Quality is much more improved because of continuous quality
improvement programme.
c) Employee who possess multiple skills are used more efficiently.
d) It provides better scheduling and work hour consistency.
e) Productivity improvement.
f) Administrative ease and simplicity.

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