Mylab Operations Management With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management (13th Edition)
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Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 2DQ
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1. What is JIT?
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Summary Introduction
To Explain: Just in Time.
Introduction: JIT is known as Just in time and is a popular approach which is widely used in many industries to cut the cost and expenses. It is a technique which aims to reduce inventory and achieve maximum cost reduction.
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JIT:
A manufacturing method that company uses to reduce wastes and improves efficiency by obtaining the materials only when they are needed for production. This reduces the inventory cost and improves the accuracy of forecasting.
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Chapter 16 Solutions
Mylab Operations Management With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management (13th Edition)
Ch. 16 - Question 1. What is JIT?Ch. 16 - Prob. 1DQCh. 16 - Question 3. What is TPS?Ch. 16 - Question 4. What is level scheduling?Ch. 16 - Question 5. JIT attempts to remove delays, which...Ch. 16 - Prob. 6DQCh. 16 - Prob. 8DQCh. 16 - Question 9. Discuss how the Japanese word for card...Ch. 16 - Question 10. Standardized, reusable containers...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11DQ
Ch. 16 - Prob. 12DQCh. 16 - Prob. 7DQCh. 16 - Question 16.1 Leblanc Electronics, Inc., in...Ch. 16 - Question 16.2 Tej Dhakars company wants to...Ch. 16 - Question 16.3 Pauline Found Manufacturing, Inc.,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 7PCh. 16 - Question 16.5 Discount-Mart, a major East Coast...Ch. 16 - Question 16.6 Discount-Mart (see Problem 16.5),...Ch. 16 - Prob. 10PCh. 16 - Question 16.8 Carol Cagle has a repetitive...Ch. 16 - Question 16.9 Given the following information...Ch. 16 - Question 16.10 Rick Wing has a repetitive...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11PCh. 16 - Prob. 12PCh. 16 - Question JIT at Arnold Palmer Hospital Video Case...Ch. 16 - Question JIT at Arnold Palmer Hospital Video Case...Ch. 16 - Question JIT at Arnold Palmer Hospital Video Case...Ch. 16 - Question JIT at Arnold Palmer Hospital Video Case...
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