Just-In-Time

Manufacturing
A PowerPoint Presentation
By
Stephen D. Spangler
 A Brief Overview
• Central Themes
• Prerequisites for
Implementation
• Just-In-Time Techniques
• A Brainstorming Exercise
• A Competitive Edge
• Major Misconceptions of JIT
 A Brief Overview (cont’d.)
• Goals of Just-In-Time Manufacturing
• Advantages of Just-In-Time
Manufacturing
• How JIT Works
• A Real World Example
• An Exercise
• Summary
 Just-In-Time Manufacturing:
A Definition
• Uses a systems approach to develop
and operate a manufacturing system
• Organizes the production process so
that parts are available when they
are needed
• A method for optimizing processes
that involves continual reduction of
waste
 Central Themes Surrounding
Just-In-Time

• Simplicity

• Quality

• Elimination of Waste
 Prerequisites for JIT
Implementation
• A Reason for Changing
• Executive Commitment
• Strategic Manufacturing Plan
• Commitment to Action
 Just-In-Time
Techniques
• Inventory Reduction as a Tool
for Improvement
• Supplier Relationships
• Inventory “Pull”
• Uniform Plant Loading
 Just-In-Time
Techniques(cont’d)
• Reduced Setup Times
• Shop-Floor Layout and
Production Cells
• Total Quality Assurance
• Preventive Maintenance
Brainstorming Exercise:

• How can Just-In-Time

Manufacturing be Effective in
your Business?
 A Competitive Edge

• Integrating and Optimizing

• Improve Continuously

• Understanding the Customer

 The Major
Misconceptions of JIT
• JIT is Only an Inventory Control
System

• It is a Method to “Push”
Inventory Back to the Supplier

• JIT is a Quality Control Program

 Goals of Just-In-Time
Systems
• Design for Optimum Quality and
Cost

• Minimize resources needed for

Design and Manufacturing

• Be Responsive to the Customers

Needs
 Goals of Just-In-Time
Systems(cont’d)
• Develop Trust and Open
Relationships with Suppliers and
Customers

• Develop a Commitment to
Improve the Total Manufacturing
System
 Advantages of JIT
Manufacturing

• Materials Cost Savings

• Manufacturing Cost Savings

• Sales Cost Savings

 Elements in Materials
Cost Saving
• Reduction of • Eliminate
Suppliers unpacking
• Long-term • Eliminate
Contracts Inspection
• Reduce Order • Eliminate
Scheduling inventory
• Simplify Stocking
Receiving • Eliminate
Systems Excess Material
 How Just-In-Time
Systems Work
• Requirements for JIT
Manufacturing

• Firm-wide Commitment

• Knowledgeable Management
 Requirements for JIT
• Respond to • Company wide
Customer Commitment to
Requirements education
• Integrate all • Eliminate
Processes in the
Manufacturing redundancy
System • Reduce all
• Employee Inventory
Participation in • Establish
Meeting Continuous
Commitments Improvement Goals
 Requirements for
JIT(cont’d)
• Use a pull • Have a Defect
Production Prevention
System Program
• Design products • Reduce Setup
for
Manufacturing Times
• Develop • Build Products
Controllable to Specification
Production
Processes
 A Real World Example

• The Toyota Production System

 A JIT Exercise

• Q: What are the three central

themes surrounding Just-In-
Time Manufacturing and why are
they important?
 Summary

• A review of Just-In-Time
Manufacturing Systems
 Bibliography
• Mito, Setsuo and Ohno, Taiichi. Just-In-
Time For Today And Tomorrow. Cambridge:
Productivity Press, Inc., 1986.
• Lubben, Richard T.. Just-In-Time
Manufacturing. New York: McGraw-Hill
Book Co., 1988.
• Maskell, Brian H.. Just In Time. Carol
Stream: Hitchcock Publishing Co., 1989.