Just-in-time manufacturing

Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, also known as just-in-time production or the Toyota production system (TPS), is a methodology aimed primarily at reducing flow times within production as well as response times from suppliers and to customers. It was first introduced at the Sydney, Australia plant of British Motor Corporation Australia in the 1950s and was adopted in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s and particularly at Toyota, JIT was adopted by much other Western industry in the 1980s, where its features were put into effect in many manufacturing companies—as is attested to in several books and compendia of case studies and articles from the 1980s.

Alternative terms for JIT manufacturing have been used. Motorola's choice was short-cycle manufacturing (SCM). IBM's was continuous-flow manufacturing (CFM), and demand-flow manufacturing (DFM), a term handed down from consultant John Constanza at his Institute of Technology in Colorado. Still another alternative was mentioned by Goddard, who said that "Toyota Production System is often mistakenly referred to as the 'Kanban System,'" and pointed out that kanban is but one element of TPS, as well as JIT production.

Just in Time

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Het laatste nippertje

Het laatste nippertje ("Just in time") is a 2011 play by Dutch writer, artist, and television director Wim T. Schippers. It premiered in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, and was a co-production with Titus Tiel Groenestege, Titus Muizelaar, and Kees Hulst. The play received less favorable reviews than earlier plays by Schippers; Martijn Kardol, writing for CultuurBewust, commented that it lacked the progressive and groundbreaking qualities of Schippers' 1986 production Going to the Dogs, not rising above flat and repetitive humor, and that the actors lacked the impeccable timing necessary for such a production.

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Just in Time (song)

"Just in Time" is a popular song with the melody written by Jule Styne and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It was introduced by Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing in 1956. Judy Holliday and Dean Martin sang the song in the 1960 film of Bells Are Ringing. A recording of the song made by Tony Bennett was a hit that year. It was covered in the sixties by artists, among others, like Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. Decades later, Bennett recorded it again with Michael Bublé as part of his 2006 album Duets: An American Classic.

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