16 C H A P T E R JIT and Lean Operations D ISC USSI ON Q U ESTI O NS 1. JIT is a philosophy of continuous and forced problem solving. It is a continuous program that replaces a series of “fad” programs. 2. A lean producer is a company that adopts a philosophy of minimizing waste‚ striving for perfection through continuous learning‚ creativity‚ and teamwork. 3. The Toyota Production System (TPS) has three core components: continuous improvement‚ respect for people‚ and standard work
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LEAN OPERATIONS & JIT Lean Operations – moving towards the elimination of all waste in order to develop an operation that is faster more dependable‚ produces higher quality products and services and operates at a low cost. In general‚ Lean can be viewed as a philosophy of operations management‚ i.e. it gives a clear view which can be used to uide the way operations are managed in many different contexts. Several techniques are used to support this philosophy. (JIT techniques) The Lean approach
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eighteen-sixties‚ the industrial revolution‚ with its main characteristic of development of manufacturing management‚ swept across the world. Before the transition of production methods to new manufacturing processes‚ organisations faced problems relating to their effectiveness‚ speed of reaction‚ and flexibility‚ and these had formed a bottleneck restricting the development of enterprises. It was in 1950 that Toyota Motor Corporation first proposed Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing systems. Some years later‚
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Lean Manufacturing/JIT Production “Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well - that’s work. Continuous improvement is about removing the things that get in the way of your work. The headaches‚ the things that slow you down‚ that’s what continuous improvement is all about.” ~Bruce Hamilton Continuous improvement is what makes companies profitable. Not only must they constantly innovate their product and services to satisfy the needs of their consumers‚ but also their
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Jessica Ehrhart September 20‚ 2015 Elements of Lean Manufacturing University of Phoenix ISCOM472 Daryl Pearson INTRODUCTION Eliminating waste and items that are not of value inside an organization is called Lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing will help save the company in the long run. The lean manufacturing was created by Sakichi Toyoda from the Toyota Production System. (Toyota Production System‚ 2015) This was made to help the company reduce inventory. It helped them not
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Critical thinking provides the skills for a thinker to achieve a conscious level of mind with self-discipline to acknowledge and adhere to practice the art thinking of thinking. Thought drives life through a set of standards that become ingrained in reasoning that are applied to elements that support perspective as we develop intellectual traits to shape the clarity and non-bias viewpoint. The development of critical thinking involves six stages that build upon one another as one advances their
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reasoning in which the premises of an argument are believed to support the conclusion but do not ensure it. Induction is employed‚ for example‚ in using specific propositions. Concepts are ideas‚ theories‚ laws‚ principles‚ or hypotheses we use in thinking to make sense of things. Inferences are interpretations or conclusions you come to. Inferring is what the mind does in figuring something out. Abductive Reasoning: Take account of Point of view and Assumption. Abductive reasoning typically begins
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headquartered in Toyota City‚ Aichi. The main headquarters of Toyota is located in a three story building in Toyota. As of 2006 the head office has the "Toyopet" Toyota logo and the words "Toyota Motor". The Toyota Technical Center‚ a 14-story building‚ and the Honsha plant‚ Toyota’s second plant engaging in mass production and formerly named the Koromo plant‚ are adjacent to one another in a location near the headquarters. Vinod Jacob from The Hindu described the main headquarters building as "modest"
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30 July 2009) Just-in-time (JIT) and reverse logistics are two important philosophies. Coincidentally‚ both are related to reducing the impact on the environment. However‚ they are sometimes in conflict with each other. The former focuses on moving the materials smoothly which require a stable demand and supply‚ but the latter is weak in terms of predicting how many returned products will be processed. Therefore‚ there is a need to investigate the impact of JIT to reverse logistics systems
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the importance of the famous management technique called JIT (Just In Time) and its use in one of the most well known company "HONDA". The case extensively discusses the features‚ importance‚ implementation‚ and the various problems of Just in time. JIT was first implemented by Toyota and the technique is very commonly used in many Japanese companies and HONDA is one of them. The main purpose of developing this case study is to understand JIT as an operation management technique in the business world
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