A manufacturing philosophy focusing on the elimination of waste (non-value added activities) in the manufacturing process by the more timely sequencing of operations.
Most of the early ideas originated from work at Toyota Motor Company in Japan, with the kanban system being the most well-known innovation.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Hopp, W. J., & Spearman, M. L. (2008). Factory physics (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this entry
Cite this entry
(2013). Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing. In: Gass, S.I., Fu, M.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_200356
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_200356
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-1137-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-1153-7
eBook Packages: Business and Economics