Achieving Lean production through Just –In Time inventory control 

By joy
And Jordan
Lean production
What is lean production?
Lean production is an approach to management that focuses on cutting out waste,
whilst ensuring quality. This approach can be applied to all aspects of a business – from
design, through production to distribution.

Lean production aims to cut costs by making the business more efficient and responsive to
market needs.

This approach sets out to cut out or minimise activities that do not add  value to the
production process, such as holding of stock, repairing faulty product and unnecessary
movement of people and product around the business.

Lean production originated in the manufacturing plants of Japan, but has now been adopted
well beyond large and sophisticated manufacturing activities.
The lean approach to managing
operations is really about:
.Doing the simple things well

.Doing things better

. Involving employees in the

continuous process of
improvement
What is just in time
And what does it do
Just in time

The just-in-time (JIT) inventory system is a management strategy that aligns raw-material orders
from suppliers directly with production schedules. Companies employ this inventory strategy to
increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as they need them for the production
process, which reduces inventory costs. This method requires producers to forecast demand
accurately.
How does it help

JIT manufacturing helps organizations control variability in their processes,

allowing them to increase productivity while lowering costs. JIT manufacturing is
very similar to Lean manufacturing, and the terms are often used synonymously.
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