Appendix1: Survey Questionnaire
Personal information
Section/department: ___________________________________________________. Position: ____________________________________________________________. Duration of stay in your current company: _________________________________.
I. To assess the characteristics of JIT production system
The following are some characteristics of JIT production system. Rate your agreement with respect to your company according to the following scale:
1= Strongly
2= Disagree
3= Moderately
4= Agree
5= Strongly disagree agree
agree
1. Parts are made in the company only when needed by the subsequent processes.
2. The company continuously minimizes work that does not add value to the end product, and give
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Each worker can stop the line and issue warning if they experience a problem on the shop floor.
4. The company entrusts the workforce with functional and decision related responsibilities.
5. The company believes that every problem offers some new opportunities for improvement.
II. To assess the application of JIT in the company
1. Do you have any prior knowledge of JIT production system? Yes or !No. If yes, what is JIT according to you?
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The JIT approach to manufacturing involves timing the delivery of resources so that they arrive just when needed. Inventory optimization models help the firm determine how many of which items in which sizes should be delivered to each specific store during twice-weekly shipments, ensuring that each store is stocked with just what it needs. Trucks serve destinations that can be reached
To reach this goal, first all the processes in the plant need to be scrutinized. Second, problems need to be identified, analyzed and solved in the manner of Kaizen. The third objective is, to implement quality control on the running belt. With these measurements we're converting the factory step by step from a batch process to a JIT production.
Lastly, the just-in-time (JIT) approach is an operating philosophy that requires that all resources, including materials, personnel, and facilities, be acquired and used only as needed (Mazumder, 2007). The JIT approach works great for manufacturing companies because of their common classes of material that they use which are raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods (Mazumber, 2007). According to JIT concept raw materials are received just in time to go into production, manufactured parts are completed just in time to be assembled into products, and products are completed just in time to be shipped to customers (Mazumber, 2007). The
Which of the following is not a process commonly considered in making products or delivering servicesA.continuousB.batchC.repetitiveD.job shopE.subcontracting 34. The type of processing system which is used for highly standardized products isA.continuousB.intermittentC.projectD.batchE.unit 35. Behavioral approaches to job design includeA.SpecializationB.ErgonomicsC.Job RotationD.Flow Process ChartsE.SIMO Charts 36. A major advantage of job specialization in business is increased _________.A.motivationB.opportunity for advancementC.opportunity for self-fulfillmentD.productivityE.job enrichment 37. Nearness to raw materials would be most important to a (A.grocery storeB.tax preparation serviceC.manufacturing companyD.post officeE.hospital 38. A one-hour photo processing machine in a Wal-Mart store is an example of a _________.A.micro-factoryB.downsize strategyC.diversified strategyD.lean production systemE.falling price strategy 39. A tool that is not used for quality management is ________.A.FlowchartB.HistogramC.Perato AnalysisD.RedesignE.Check sheets 40. The four dimensions of quality that are sometimes used to determine fitness for use of a product are ______.A.performance, special features, durability, and service after saleB.performance, special features, conformance, and reliabilityC.special features, conformance, reliability, and durabilityD.performance,
Using ABC also allows the company to use the Just in Time (JIT) system. This system allows ensures materials are purchased just in time to produce the products, and products are completed just in time for delivery. JIT uses the demand-pull system to receive the order, schedule production, delivered materials, and finished product delivered to the customer. This lessens the amount of excess parts and inventory saving the company money as well.
4) Exploring the possibility of implementing JIT (Just in Time) system that can reduce the finished goods inventory at
A more targeted approach to implementing the JITD system will increase the likelihood of success. Due to the high number of SKU’s we move through our supply chain, the project is considerably more complex than necessary. We should use a Pareto analysis to select a smaller number of SKU’s that account for 80% of our throughput. This will maximize the impact of our efforts, while keeping them achievable.
This memo is in attention to the current employees in reference to a job analysis of all positions on account of the fact that the organization must mandate the compliance of all regulations. As the human resources representative leader, it is my job to inform everyone in the office of what will be needed to be reviewed per the CEO of this company. First off the job analysis is only a thorough explanation of the duties the make up each of the positions that have been currently filled in this company, furthermore there are three focal aspects to this topic. The focal points include job requirements, competency-based, and job reward. The job requirements will consist of a report of what each employee does in addition to what is the proper procedure for the production. Correspondingly that employee must conclude that statement with what equipment and material must be used. The best way to collect this information is interviews, task questionnaires, and observations.
When used as a complete strategy these three systems sustain competitive advantage and increase overall returns. The major differences between JIT, TPS, and lean operations is that JIT emphasizes forced problem solving, TPS emphasizes employee learning and empowerment in an assembly-line environment and Lean processes emphasize understanding the customer.(Heizer 626)
A third disadvantage of applying JIC manufacturing operations is having lower quality assurance methods and even further, lower customer satisfaction (“Just-in-case and just-in-time…”). While the just-in-case system is beneficial in
As argued by Lubben (1988), JIT allows businesses to have better management since this ensures that there is no loss as there is sufficient number of clients requiring the equipment. This reduces her to deal with huge deliveries when the clients’ numbers are not increasing. (Lubben, 1988, p.4) also suggested the idea of JIT that “... major elements of manufacturing – capital, equipment and labour are made available only in the amount required and at the time required to do the job.” So it is a good practice by utilising JIT approach as it reduces wastes and ensure the correct amount of equipment is available (Lubben,
With JITD, the number of urgent order will be decrease. Barilla can put more focus on managing the standard order with the normal manufacturing setup. Extra work on rearranging the production line will not be required frequently. The whole operation can be more efficient and standardize.
This means that not much work is getting done and yet the workers are not provided with an environment that is motivating or rewarding. The worker are doing just enough to keep their job.
* The company has to suffer economical loss due to its cyclic nature of production. The production does not run at full efficiency every time. This leads to the waste of energy, money and resources.
In the era of 21st century communication and technology has provide the faster means of growth in most of the business sectors, all across the worlds which provide better quality of goods with help of fast transportation system. Now a days Manufacturing companies has to become very competitive amongst its rivalry competitors for its long term growth and to gain its market value which lead them to deliver its high quality goods to its customers which lead to reduce delivery time so that it can attract large number of customers which results in huge demand of their products. Market additionally require more product variants that means decreased lot size and high flexibility in operations. Yet, the industry needs to keep up expenses at sensible cost. Going up against these challenges companies organisations worldwide are compelled to find ways to reduce expenses, enhance quality, and meet the changing needs of their clients. One effective arrangement has been the adoption of Just-in-time(JIT) manufacturing technique in which numerous functional zones of organisation such as manufacturing ,engineering and marketing are included.