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Just in Time: Operational Systems For Manufacturing JIT and Lean Production
Just in Time: Operational Systems For Manufacturing JIT and Lean Production
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v ROP
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r
lead
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time time
reduced WIP
Dimension check
Size and and leak test
inspect/test
Traditional Production Line 6 people
First pass work cell design 3 people
Second try work cell design 1 person
Floor Space
Reduction
nearly 50%
Documented savings
Customer rejects reduced 95%
Scrap reduced 62%
Work in process reduced 91%
Changeover time reduced by 78%
Labor cost as % of sales reduced 41%
The Name Game
JIT
Short Cycle Mfg.
Toyota Production
System
Synchronous Mfg.
Lean Manufacturing
Lean Production
Common Sense Mfg.
The Vision of Lean in the USA
Perhaps best stated by
James Womack, and
Daniel Jones in two
popular books
First
The Machine That Changed
the World (1990)
Unlocking the power of Lean
requires more than just
tools: