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An 8 page paper that explains and discusses several aspects of operations management using the DEAD method (define, evaluate, analyze, decide). The issues discussed are just-in-time, operations management itself, and quality assessment. Different approaches are discussed, including TQM and Six Sigma. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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2007). The customer is defined not just as the end-user but also the department that performs the next tasks in getting the vehicle off the line (Institute for Manufacturing 2007).
One of the things Toyota recognized was that the philosophy of JIT had to be embraced by everyone and incorporated into all aspects of production. The company also realized that
plants needed to be organized and arranged in a way that would promote JIT (Institute for Manufacturing 2007). Since its initial introduction, JIT has come to mean producing the expected
good with a minimum of waste (Institute for Manufacturing 2007). Waste includes time and labor as well as materials, machinery, equipment, etc. (Institute for Manufacturing 2007). It has also been
adopted in the supply chain by many companies. JIT has, in fact, become a management philosophy that emphasizes continuous improvement and waste has incorporated other factors such as space and
all resources (Institute for Manufacturing 2007). The key element in JIT is continuous improvement. This fits well into the Total Quality Management and Six Sigma quality philosophies and strategies.
The literature reports research that testifies to the benefits of adopting JIT. These include "reducing operating costs, higher quality, greater performance, improved delivery, and increasing flexibility and innovativeness" (Kotelnikov 2008).
Companies who adopt JIT usually gain all of these benefits, which gives them a competitive advantage. Adopting the JIT philosophy may not be as easy as it sounds. We
know from the first report that the workspace and even the entire facility may need to be reorganized and rearranged to support the JIT process. This is something each company
must investigate. The company would not want to have the wrong equipment or materials in the wrong place. That would delay production. Also, it is especially important to always have
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