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?Elementary‐Advanced‐JustInTimeStrategy(E0047)

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?A:Icalledthismeetingtodayinordertodiscussourmanufacturingplan.As

Imsureyoureallaware,withthecreditcrunch,andtheglobalfinancialcrisis,

wereobligatedtolookformorecostefficientwaysofproducingourgoods.We

dontwanttohavetobelookingatredundancies.So,weveoutlinedabriefplanto

implementthejust-in-timephilosophy.

?B:Wehavetwobasicpointsthatwewanttofocuson.Firstofall,wewantto

reduceourleadtime.

?C:Whywouldwanttodothat?Ithinkthisisnotanareathatreallyneedsto

beworkedon.

?B:Well,wewanttoreduceproductionanddeliveryleadtimesforbetter

overallefficiency.

?A:Right,productionleadtimescanbereducedbymovingworkstations

closertogether,reducingqueuelength,likeforexample,reducingthenumberof

jobswaitingtobeprocessedatagivenmachine,andimprovingthecoordination

andcooperationbetweensuccessiveprocesses.Deliveryleadtimescanbe

reducedthroughclosecooperationwithsuppliers,possiblybyinducingsuppliers

tolocateclosertothefactoryorworkingwithafastershippingcompany.

?C:IseeThatmakessense.

?B:Thesecondpointisthatwewanttorequiresupplierqualityassuranceand

implementazerodefectsqualityprogram.Wecurrentlyhavefartoomanyerrors

thatleadtodefectiveitemsandtherefore,theymustbeeliminated.Aquality

controlatthesourceprogrammustbeimplementedtogiveworkersthepersonal

responsibilityforthequalityoftheworktheydo,andtheauthoritytostop

productionwhensomethinggoeswrong.

?C:Imwithyouonthisone.Itsessentialthatwereducetheseerrors;wevegot

toforceoursupplierstoreducetheirmistakes.

?A:Exactly.Well,letslookathowweregoingtoputthisplanintoaction.

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