1. University of Haripur
Management Science
Name: Munir Ahmad
Roll No: 3319
Class: BBA 7th
Subject: Production and Operation Management
Topic: JIT
2. Contents
What is JIT?
History of JIT
Advantages of JIT
Disadvantages of JIT
3. Just in Time
An inventory strategy companies employ to increase
efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as
they are needed in the production process, thereby
reducing inventory costs.
It is basically Inventory system.
Eliminates waste of time, labor and storage space.
Some firms, consultancies, and writers have posed
alternate terms for JIT manufacturing.
Demand-flow Manufacturing (DFM).
Toyota Production System.
4. History of Just in Time Inventory
Some people say that the statement first used by Toyota,
and some people contradict that this statement first
used by Japan's shipyards.
It is clear that its development was primarily in Japan,
economists proposed four reasons:
1. Japan's lack of cash
2. Japan lacked space to build big factories loaded with
inventory.
3. The Japanese islands natural resources were not
discovered
4. Lack of efficiency and skilled labor
5. Migration to the West
News about JIT/TPS reached western shores in 1977
Implementations begin in 1980 and then quickly
multiplied throughout industry in the United States
and other developed countries.
6. Advantages
Less space required for stock
Closer relationships with suppliers
Reduced the cost of production
Less vulnerability to fashion and technology changes
Reduction in stockholding costs
Increase in cash flow
Reduce the wastage
7. Disadvantages
High dependence on suppliers
Less time for quality control on arrival of materials
Increased ordering and admin costs
May lose bulk-buying discounts
It takes time to established
Little room for mistakes