Turning just-in-time concepts into reality: successful examples of change

Author

Johnston, Susan W.

Author_Institution

AT&T Microelectron. Power Syst., Mesquite, TX, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1-3 Oct 1990

Firstpage

256

Lastpage

263

Abstract

The author presents the progressive changes which have been made in five areas of material flow methods and procedures to incorporate just-in-time methods and total quality control through all areas of a business. The five areas are: (1) request and delivery of materials from the storeroom to each of the focused factories, (2) the elimination of make items in the storeroom, (3) the direct movement of material from the dock to the using shop, bypassing the storeroom and the communication to suppliers of how much and when to ship more material, (4) the delivery of hardware items directly to production lines by a local distributor, and (5) the implementations of formal pull systems which link what is consumed to what should be built next. The purpose is to explain the changes made in each area of material flow and outline the implementation steps, the acceptance, and the results of the changes

Keywords

production control; quality control; stock control; factories; formal pull systems; just-in-time concepts; material flow methods; production lines; stock control; total quality control; Consumer electronics; Costs; Electronics industry; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Microelectronics; Power systems; Production facilities; Quality control; Turning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Manufacturing Technology Symposium, 1990 Proceedings, Competitive Manufacturing for the Next Decade. IEMT Symposium, Ninth IEEE/CHMT International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMT9.1990.115016

Filename

115016