GMS 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Shigeo Shingo, Shingo Prize For Operational Excellence, Toyota Production System
21 Jun 2017
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In this sense, jit is identical to lean production. Explain briefly how a jit/lean system differs from an mrp-based system. (lo1) Name a company using jit/lean, and describe how jit/lean contributes to the company"s competitive advantage. (lo1) The potential of jit/lean was first demonstrated in north america by its successful implementation in the fremont, california, auto plant in the mid- Gm had closed the plant in 1982 because of its low productivity and high absenteeism. A few years later the plant was reopened as a joint venture between toyota and gm, called nummi. About 80 percent of the former plant"s workers were rehired, but the toyota production system was implemented. By 1985, productivity improved dramatically and absenteeism declined to almost zero: contrast the principles of the shingo prize with the goals of jit/lean given in. What are the goals of jit/lean system? (lo2)
