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Womack’s Post-Pandemic Hansei on Just-in-Time (JIT)
Jim Womack reflects on how lean organizations have performed during the pandemic and addresses age-old misunderstandings about Just-in-Time. JIT has often been “accused” of creating the shortages, but the reality is that (1) JIT is not even widely adopted in industry, and (2) JIT is not designed to reduce inventories but instead to have the right amount of inventory, in the right place, at the right moment.
read moreIs Pandemic Killing Just-in-Time Supply at Apple and Other Companies?
Never in a million years is a company like Apple is going to ditch the JIT model. It will simply seek to reduce risk and increase resilience. In a similar way, other companies will ‘reshore’ production, so that their JIT models are less prone to a right royal buffeting from supply headwinds. So no. JIT is not terminal. It’s simply undergoing procedural surgery.
read moreHas JIT Lost Its Sheen Due To Shortages During COVID-19?
The concept of Just-in-time (JIT) in logistics management is accused of having failed during the pandemic. In this post, Prof.Dr. Ravindra Ojha explains it is a myopic viewpoint to blame the JIT principles of Lean for the shortages created during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.
read moreWhy Just-in-Time Remains the Way Forward for Toyota
It’s Time To See JIT As A Hero Rather Than A Villain
Supply Chains Divided: Safety Stock or Stick with Lean?
SupplyChainDive – Just-in-time supply chains are not going anywhere. Gartner’s Future of Supply Chain: Crisis Shapes the Profession survey found 47% of respondents disagree that lean supply chains will be less applicable in future strategy while 19% agreed and 34% were neutral.
read moreHema Has Too Much On Stock: Cancels All Orders
Crafting an Effective Post-COVID Clinical-Supply Strategy
Schnellecke: Transparent JIT / JIS Supply Chains with IoT-Enabled Returnables
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