Lean Thinking and Jit

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The elements of lean thinking are to eliminate of all waste in order to develop an operation, which produce high quality goods, quick respond, provides high service, at lowest cost. There are 3 elements which drives lean thinking which Slack, Chambers & Johnston mentions are: Elimination of waste, involvement of staff in the operation, and drive for continuous improvement. The first step is to identify waste and eliminate waste, too look at the problems in the operation, which don’t add customer value, and can be reduced, examples as: Waiting time, inventory, producing too much. The involvement on every one means that everyone in the organization is important to the whole process. Continuous improvement is to strive continuous for reaching the ideal, perfect quality and no waste. Slack, Chambers & Johnston (2004, pp. 523-527) JIT approach is to respond precisely on the customers demand with a minimum of delay. The requirements are: To deliver the right product, at the right time, right amount to the right customer. The goal is to eliminate waste, such as inventory, lead- time and simplify the production process. The finished goods are responding to the customers’ demand, which means that every activity is pulled through the production process. This results in quick respond, efficiency and meeting the customers’ requirements. This also means the JIT is dependent on the suppliers flexibility in order to deliver the goods in the right time. The JIT requires employee involvement and teamwork to accomplish the goals. Chambers & Johnston (2004,pp.519-520) Both concepts JIT and lean thinking are striving after eliminating waste. JIT strives after eliminating delays; on the other hand lean thinking is about eliminating waste at lowest price. The difference between these to concepts are JIT is to respond on the demand, which is pulled through the activities and will be

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