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Just inTime Systems
The 100 Yen Sushi House is no ordinary sushi restaurant. It is he ultimate showcase of Japanese productivity. The house features an ellipsoid-shaped serving area in the middle of t e room, where three or four cooks were busily0 preparing sushi. Perhaps 30 stools surrounded the serving area. As we took our ~eats at the counters, I noticed something special. There was a conveyor belt goi
Chapter Objectives
• Introduce the underlying concepts of just-in-time (JIT) and the Japanese approach to improving productivity.
• Identify the differences between Japanese companies and U.S. firms with respect to implementing JIT, and explore why these differences exist.
• Illustrate how many JIT concepts have been implemented in services.
• Identify the various elements that need to be included to
No Mock-Up
After everyone on the team gave their thumbs-up, the data for the parts were electronically transferred directly into computer-aided manufacturing systems at the various suppliers. The NCR designers were so confident everything would work as intended that they didn’t bother making a mock-up DFM can be a powerful weapon against foreign competition. Several years ago, IBM used Brotherhood Hurst&
