| Article ID: | iaor1990975 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Start Page Number: | 132 |
| End Page Number: | 143 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1987 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Hendrick Thomas E. |
| Keywords: | quality & reliability |
Many manufacturing organizations are struggling with strategic and operational issues as they embark upon their just-in-time ‘journey’. A pre-just-in-time/total-quality-control audit is suggested to determine baseline information, policies, and managerial philosophies so that problem areas can be identified and focused upon and results measured as the journey unfolds.