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JIT(JUST-IN-TIME)
By : Ankit saxena
JIT?
“A philosophy of manufacturing
based on planned elimination of
waste and continuous
improvement of productivity
……”
Bottlenecks in JIT improvement won`t do any good.
implementing Its sounds like a good thing but we still don’t want to do it
JIT in an
Industry Look good on paper but…..
Production Management
Supplier Management
Inventory Management
Human Resource
Management
JIT Manufacturing Building Blocks
Product design
Process design
Personnel/organizational
elements
Manufacturing
planning and control
1. Product Design
Standard parts
Design Simplification
Concurrent engineering
2. Process Design
Quality improvement
Production flexibility
Reduced Inventory
Less Rework
Workers as assets
Cross-trained workers
Continuous improvement
Leadership
4. Manufacturing Planning and Control
Pull systems
Preventive maintenance
Evaluation and selection of vendor (suppliers) network
to develop a tiered supplier network – reducing the
number of primary suppliers
Buyer
Buyer
Supplier Supplier
.
Supply Chain Integration
Benefits
Some plants in
Japan have as few
as 30 and as many
Coordination as 1000 employees
System Integration
Minimizing Waste: Group Technology (Part 1)
Note how the flow lines are going back and forth
Heat Treat
Grinder 1 2
Saw Lathe Lathe Press
Heat Treat
Grinder
Saw Lathe A B Lathe Press
Minimizing Waste: Just-In-Time Production
WHAT IT IS WHAT IT DOES
Employee participation
Industrial engineering/basics Stable environment
Continuing improvement
Total quality control
Small lot sizes
Minimizing Waste: Inventory
Hides Problems
Example: By identifying
defective items from a
Machine vendor early in the
downtime production process the
Scrap Vendor downstream work is saved
Work in delinquencies Change
orders
process
queues Engineering design Design
(banks) redundancies backlogs
Example: By identifying
Paperwork Inspection Decision defective work by employees
backlog backlogs backlogs upstream, the downstream
work is saved
Minimizing Waste: Kanban Production Control
Systems
Storage Storage
Machine Part A Part A Assembly
Center
Line
Production kanban
Material Flow
The process begins by the Assembly Line Card (signal) Flow
people pulling Part A from Storage
Determining the Number of Kanban Needed
Training.
Supplier Management.
Long‐term Planning.
Government Support.
JIT Benefits
Reduced Inventory
Improved quality
Lower costs
Reduced space requirements
Shorter lead-time
Increased productivity
Greater flexibility
Improved vendor relations
JIT Benefits (contd.)
Simplified scheduling & control
Increased capacity
Better utilization of personnel
More product variety
Increased equipment utilization
Reduced paperwork
Valid production priorities
Work force participation
Disadvantages of JIT