Adaptation of jit phylosophy and kanban technique to a small-sized manufacturing firm; a project management approach
✍ Scribed by Georges Abdul-Nour; Serge Lambert; Jocelyn Drolet
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-8352
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✦ Synopsis
In this study, a project management approach is used, in order to implement some elements of the Just-In-Time philosophy to a small-sized manufacturing firm. The objective of this applied research was to overcome some of the problems that most of small firms are facing when implementing JIT, such problems are : lack of materials and human resources, high employees turnover, lack of influence over suppliers, etc. In order to overcome those obstacles, a project management approach was used. As a result of this project, productivity and quality went up, and lead time went down from six to less then two months.