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Summary
Summary
In Just-in-Time (JIT) manufacturing revolution has transformed the relationship between buyers and suppliers. Under JIT, purchasing is done in small batches and ideally from a single source as opposed to purchasing large batches from multiple sources. The authors cover critical JIT purchasing topics such as implementation, benefits, problems and solutions. Their work is based on their research at many firms which have successfully implemented JIT purchasing. Specific companies include General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Honda, Nissan and Sony.
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Booklist Review
JIT--i.e., just in time--is one of the business world's newer acronyms. It's applied to a manufacturing process wherein goods are supplied exactly at the time they're needed in exactly the quantities needed. The concept comes from the Japanese and, when implemented, effectively trims waste and loss in everything from factory design to inventory management. Ansari and Modarress explain how JIT has worked so well for the Japanese and how to overcome resistance to the new procedures it requires; they also show how to adapt purchasing systems to JIT methods. The authors quite thoroughly detail the specifics of a JIT purchasing system, in this respect producing a book very similar to Grieco and comrades' identically titled tome (PT Publications, 1988). Libraries serving large business communities, however, could find shelf room for both. Notes; to be indexed. --David Rouse
