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The impact of just-in-time manufacturing on the transportation sector
thesis
posted on 2018-04-06, 09:56 authored by Dagmar AlbrechtThe Just-in-time philosophy has become more and more the focus of interest when
companies define their strategies to be successful in future competition.
JIT was introduced by Toyota in the early seventies and rapidly adopted by many other
Japanese firms. In the eighties, American and European companies were compelled to
consider this new manufacturing approach in their own strategies if they wanted to hold
their position as world class manufacturers and keep pace with the international
competition. Since then, an increasing number of companies have been planning or
implementing JIT principles in their production process. [Continues.]
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Publisher
© Dagmar AlbrechtPublisher statement
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1992Notes
A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en