JIT库存管理战略与精益生产【文献翻译】

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1、外文翻译Just-In-TimeInventoryManagementStrategy&LeanManufacturingMaterialSource:AcademyofManagementReviewAuthor:StevenWhiteOverviewofJust-in-TimeInventoryManagementJust-in-timeisamovementandideathathasgainedwideacceptanceinthebusinesscommunityoverthepastdecade.Ascompaniesbecamemoreandmorec

2、ompetitiveandthepressuresfromJapanscontinuousimprovementculture,otherfirmswereforcedtofindinnovativewaystocutcostsandcompete.TheideabehindJIT,orleanmanufacturing,istohavethesuppliesafirmneedsattheexactmomentthattheyareneeded.Inordertoaccomplishthisgoalafirmmustconstantlybeseekingwaysto

3、reducewasteandenhancevalue.Arecentsurveyofseniormanufacturingexecutivesshowedthat71%usedsomeformofJITintheirprocesses(Pragman).ThissimplestatisticillustratesthatJITisheretostayandalsothatfirmsmustconstantlybesearchingforwaystocutcostsandachieveanadvantage.JITisonewaytoachievethatendres

4、ult.InordertounderstandhowJITworksacommonvocabularyneedstobeestablishedfromwhichtofurtherdiscussthetopicandgaininsightintowhysomanyfirmshaveadoptedit.Aspreviouslystated,oneofthekeycomponentsofJITistoreducewasteandaddvalue.Thereareseveralactivitiesthatacompanymustmonitorastargetsforredu

5、cingwaste.Amongtheseare,excessivewastetimes,inflatedinventories,unneededpeopleormaterialmovement,unnecessaryprocessingsteps,numerousvariabilitiesthroughoutafirm'sactivitiesandanyothernon-valueaddingactivity.AkeyexampleofthisisanewplantthatCaterpillarisbringingon-lineinthenearfuture.Byr

6、educingthenumberoftimesabuckethadtoberepositionedwhileitwasbeingwelded,Caterpillarwasabletoreducetheamountoftimethebucketspentintheweldingline,reducelaborcostsbylimitingidletimeattheweldingstationandincreasetheefficiencyoftheentiremanufacturingprocess.Thelayoutandinventoriesthatarepart

7、ofaJITstrategymayseemthemostlogicalstepstoreducewasteandincreasevalue.Bysimplyredevelopingthelayoutofcertainfacilitiesafirmcanreducethetimeittakesforsuppliestogettothenextstepinprocessandcutcostsassociatedwiththatmovement.Onewaytodothisistohavework-in-progressclosetothenextstationint