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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BOSE CORP. (THE JIT II PROGRAM) Case Analysis No. 18 A written report Submitted to: Prof. Ma. Julie V. Johnson Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School Castillejos Campus In partial fulfilment Of the Requirement in BM 402 Management of Business Logistics Submitted By: Marlon D. Jaranilla January 23‚ 2010 1 Submitted by: Marlon D. Jaranilla BOSE CORP. (The JIT II Program) Case Analysis No. 18 I. GAINING FAMILIARITY / CASE BACKGROUND Bose Corporation was founded
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JIT and Process Standardization Just-in-Time is a philosophy that concentrates on the delivery of a product or service in the time‚ quantity‚ and quality desired by the customer. Applying just-in-time philosophy to the service industry by standardizing processes improves customer satisfaction. A fast food drive-through restaurant is a perfect example of how using JIT philosophy and standardization improves the process thus improves customer satisfaction. Implementing continuous improvements in
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AMT 221 AIRCRAFT MAINTENACE ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT Assignment No. 1 Midterm JUN EHROL J. GAMERA 2nd yr Section 7 MR. LOVEL RALPH S. FINEZA February 22‚ 2013 1. Airline Organization The airline organization is unique in many ways. This is brought about by the fact that it is an industry that cannot be categorized as basically a manufacturing concern that produces concrete goods‚ or a service that dishes out inanimate values. It is both‚ such
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Aircraft Solution (AS) Company Ali Hassan Submitted to: John Michalek SEC571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Keller Graduate School of Management Submitted: April 21‚ 2013 Table of Contents Company Overview ……………………………………………1 Company Assets ………………………………………………..1 Vulnerabilities ………………………………………………….2 Hardware Vulnerability………………………………….......2 Policy Vulnerability …………………………..……………..3 Recommended Solutions…………………………………….... 5 Hardware Solutions ……………………
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 5 (2001) 343–372 www.elsevier.com/locate/rser A review of absorption refrigeration technologies Pongsid Srikhirin *‚ Satha Aphornratana‚ Supachart Chungpaibulpatana Mechanical Engineering Program‚ Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology‚ Thammasat University‚ PO Box 22 Thammasat Rangsit Post Office‚ Patumthani 12121‚ Thailand Received 11 January 2001; accepted 12 February 2001 Abstract This paper provides a literature review on absorption refrigeration
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JIT at Arnold Palmer Hospital Arnold Palmer Hospital’s is one of the most important hospitals in the US where it specializes in treatment of women and children. One of its main goals is manage a reduce costs‚ for this reason Arnold Palmer hospital uses some crucial just-in-time (JIT) techniques. These techniques help to maintain the control of its inventory with a high efficiency and low cost. The mission of this case will be answering the discussion questions‚ but focusing in Just-in-time strategies
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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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4 Explain the implications of quality in a MRP system‚ a JIT system‚ and in Synchronous Manufacturing. Which system do you believe to be superior? Why? Jacobs and Chase (2011) state that an MRP system allows for rejects by building larger batch quantities than actually needed. They further state that a JIT system cannot tolerate poor quality because JIT success is based on balanced capacity and a defective part can shut down an entire JIT system (Jacobs & Chase‚ 2011‚ p. 695). A synchronous
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IMPORTANT CONDITIONS FOR JIT TO BE SUCCESSFUL 1 Relationships with suppliers have to be excellent. Suppliers must be prepared and able to supply fresh supplies at very short notice – short lead time. This often means that a firm will only have one‚ or at most two‚ suppliers for each component‚ so that a relationship of mutual benefit can be built up. 2 Production staff must be multi-skilled and prepared to change jobs at short notice. Each worker must be able to switch to making different items
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