Just-in-time Needs Flexibility

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Of course, Just-in-time needs a flexible manufacturing system. But actually, this flexibility has several aspects. For a proper functioning JIT-system, flexibility is required towards: * Changes in product demand: the process and the efficiency of the process has to be under control to deal with variable demand. * Changes in product mix: same as for product demand changes * Changes in product design: manufacturing equipment, machinery and tools have to be as universal as possible to be able to adapt to small or major changes in the product design. I am looking forward to your experiences or reactions on flexibility in JIT-Manufacturing. (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		odhiambo tom, Manager, Kenya
	Basic Conditions for a Flexible Just-in-time Just-in-time can only be flexible when following requirements are put in place: - Proper lead time management; - Kanban systems - Buffer stocks - Limited variation in production output and customer demand. A flexible just-in-time will be out-of-reach if these requirements are not fulfilled.