Just-in-Time: More or Less Flexible?

Linge, G. J. R.

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“…Whereas traditionally auto manufacturers have stockpiled components in large warehouses so that the components will be readily at hand, under JIT components are only brought into an assembly plant shortly before they are needed (see Babson 1995;Dohse, Jürgens, and Malsch 1985;Green and Yanarella 1996;Kenney and Florida 1993;Linge 1991). This means that companies do not have to have so much of their capital tied up in components sitting in warehouses waiting to be used, nor do they have to pay for the land and other costs associated with maintaining such warehouses.…”

Section: Strategy #2-organizing Locally In a Global Economy: The 1998mentioning

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Labor Internationalism and the Contradictions of Globalization: Or, Why the Local is Sometimes Still Important in a Global Economy

Herod

2001

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In this paper I examine two case studies of workers fighting against transnationally organized corporations. In the first case, a 1990–1992 dispute between the United Steelworkers of America and the Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation, union workers developed an international campaign to pressure the corporation to rehire them after they had been locked out in a dispute over health and safety issues. In the second case, a 1998 dispute between the United Auto Workers and General Motors, strikes by workers at just two plants in Flint, Michigan over the corporation's plans to introduce new work rules resulted in the virtual shutdown of GM for several weeks. Drawing on these two cases, I suggest that, in challenging transnationally organized employers, workers may on some occasions best achieve their goals through engaging in practices of transnational solidarity aimed at matching the global organization of their employer (“organizing globally”), whereas on other occasions they may be able to do so through highly focused local actions (“organizing locally”) against strategic parts of a corporation. Of course, which of these two strategies is most likely to succeed in particular cases will depend on a coterie of contingencies, such as how interconnected the corporation's component parts are. However, the fact that different geographical strategies may be open to workers challenging globally organized capital means at least two things. First, some workers may not have to organize at the same geographical scale (ie globally) as corporations in order to challenge them. Second, through their choices of which strategy to pursue, workers are clearly shaping the very process of globalization itself and the new global geographies which globalization is auguring.

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Section: Strategy #2-organizing Locally In a Global Economy: The 1998mentioning

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Labor Internationalism and the Contradictions of Globalization: Or, Why the Local is Sometimes Still Important in a Global Economy

Herod

2001

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“…(2) The exchange of information is made easier. This includes technical cooperation at the initial design stage (Williams et al, 1992;Linge, 1991;Mair, 1992). (3) Relationships of trust are formed between customers and suppliers, and it becomes easier to maintain high quality, to make punctual deliveries, and to respond promptly to unexpected situations (Mair, 1993).…”

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“…Their research suggests that the spatial implications of JIT would be diverse (Mair, 1992;Lung and et Mair, 1993;Lung et al, 1999;Kirat and Lung, 1999;Linge, 1991;Hudson, 1994;Sadler, 1994;Schoenberger, 1987;Lee, 2002;Boyer et al, 1998;Freyssenet et al, 1998).…”

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The logistics of Just-in-Time between parts suppliers and car assemblers in Japan

Kaneko

Nojiri

2008

Journal of Transport Geography

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This study is an attempt to elucidate the spatial structure of ''Just-in-Time'' (JIT)-based logistics for the distribution of automotive parts in Japan. A diverse range of opinions on spatial structure have been presented in economic geography in the West: namely the ways in which implementing JIT causes the locations of parts suppliers to become concentrated or dispersed; and the things which can be considered as contributing factors in such concentrations or dispersals. In response to this, the authors of this paper decided to carefully clarify the reality of such logistics in Japan by considering case examples of certain automotive parts suppliers which have implemented JIT from early on despite being located far from their respective car assembly plants. The authors will also shed light on the fact that, in order to accommodate distribution from remote locations, cross-docks operated by third-party logistics providers (3PL) are located near car assembly plants, and will seek to further clarify the functions of these cross-docks. This analysis has also enabled new insights to be gained: concentrations of suppliers such as in Toyota City are exceptions to the norm, and that instead suppliers tend to be dispersed over a wide area in Japan; even in JIT-based logistics, economies of scale are being pursued and inventories are being stored; and in deliveries to car assembly plants 3PL cross-docks are performing an important function in making small-lot, high-frequency deliveries.

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“…Thus, operating at excess capacity may eliminate queuing and bottlenecks and reduce unpredictable variations in the time needed to complete each part of the manufacturing process. As a consequence, investing in lots of excess capacity greatly increases delivery reliability (Gertler 1988;Linge 1992; The Economist, August 1990).…”

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Small Business Growth in Contrasting Environments

Vaessen¹

1995

Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography

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Just-in-Time: More or Less Flexible?

Cited by 55 publications

References 26 publications

Labor Internationalism and the Contradictions of Globalization: Or, Why the Local is Sometimes Still Important in a Global Economy

Labor Internationalism and the Contradictions of Globalization: Or, Why the Local is Sometimes Still Important in a Global Economy

The logistics of Just-in-Time between parts suppliers and car assemblers in Japan

Small Business Growth in Contrasting Environments

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