Impact of Implementing ″Just‐in‐Time″ in a European Manufacturing Environment

Over the past two decades the “Just‐in‐Time” (JIT) manufacturing philosophy has increasingly influenced operation and production systems of many Western manufacturing companies. As a consequence, many other manufacturers are now currently considering adopting this technique. A valuable help in the consideration of the implementation of JIT is the accumulated experience of those companies which have already successfully implemented JIT. Describes the experience of a sample of firms in Europe who were respondents to a specially designed questionnaire which was sent out as part of a major study.