This study constructs multi-item scales to measure key components of JIT production and manufacturing strategy and examines the relationship between them, and the impact of manufacturing strategy on JIT performance for machinery, electrical & electronics and automobile industries in Japan, USA, and Italy. JIT production scales include JIT schedule, JIT layout, JIT delivery by suppliers, JIT lin...

The background and development of the new production philosophy are presented. The conceptual basis of the traditional and the new production philosophies, as applied in manufacturing, are examined. The traditional conceptual basis of construction is criticized, and an initial new interpretation of construction is given based on the new philosophy. Finally, the challenges of implementing the ne...

This paper presents a model for an unreliable production line, which is operated according to demand with constant work-in-process (CONWIP). A simulation model is developed based on the discrete model and several case problems are analyzed using the model. The model is utilized to optimize storage space capacities at intermediate stages and the number of kanbans at the last stage, which is used...

The project aimed to create a circuit simulator that produces JIT compiled native code through LLVM’s APIs. A JIT based simulation approach provides native simulation speed, while still allowing native code to be recompiled to provide circuit debugging features unavailable in statically compiled simulators. The result of the project is a simulator that performs competitively against existing si...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore if six sigma and lean are new methods, or if they are repackaged versions of previously popular methods – total quality management (TQM) and just-in-time (JIT). Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a critical comparison of lean with JIT and six sigma with TQM, a study of the measure of the publication frequency – the number of aca...

Dynamic superinstructions and replication can provide large speedups over plain interpretation. In a JVM implementation we have to overcome two problems to realize the full potential of these optimizations: the conflict between superinstructions and the quickening optimization; and the non-relocatability of JVM instructions that can throw exceptions. In this paper, we present solutions for thes...

A medium sized UK based academic publishers own a subsidiary printing business. Presently the Academic Printers (AP) is experiencing productions line flow problems reducing the efficiency of the operation. Most of the problems are generated by the imbalanced workflow through the system. By implementing a JIT production planning system it is hoped that some of the production problems can be reso...

For reasons well known, change has always been uncomfortable to business systems. There is some resistance and resentment whenever changes are made in the existing set-up more so in the case of technological change. New technologies have often brought structural changes to the business systems, which affect their cultural complexion as well. In recent years, there has been a stream of new innov...

Given the increased competitive pressures on manufacturing, many companies are interested in implementing Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing philosophies. At the shop floor level, one application of JIT is the introduction of kanbans in order to control in-process inventory. Traditionally, it has been argued that kanban systems work well when the shop floor environment is fairly stable. In this p...

The so-called `Open Compilers' is a technique to incorporate various self-descriptive modules for language customization and optimization based on computational re ection. We apply the open compiler technique to a Java Just-In-Time compiler to develop the OpenJIT compiler, which allows class-speci c customization and optimization, fostering research of new compilation techniques such as applica...