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.