| Article ID: | iaor19911931 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1990 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Plenert Gerhard |
| Keywords: | production: JIT |
The use of the therm ‘JIT’ to describe a plant’s management philosophy has become so popular that it has led to confusion; some plants that have implemented even the smallest portion of a JIT environment may call themselves ‘JIT shops’. The article differentiates along the three basic stages of JIT implementation: kanban, production planning, and global management philosophy.