Many companies experience difficulty in implementing Just‐in‐Time
(JIT) in their manufacturing system. Based on observations, the article
argues that the problem is partly due to confusion about JIT and its
implications and partly due to a desire to implement JIT within an
existing organisational structure. A four‐level classification system is
presented as a way of summarising the different degrees of JIT
implementation and their difficulties.
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