JIT库存管理策略和精益生产【外文翻译】

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1、外文翻译原文Just-In-TimeInventoryManagementStrategy&LeanManufacturingMaterialSource:www.academicmind.comAuthor:DavidBroyles,JenniferBeims,JamesFranko,&MichelleBergmanOverviewofJust-in-TimeInventoryManagement Just-in-timeisamovementandideathathasgainedwideacceptanceinthebusi

2、nesscommunityoverthepastdecade.AscompaniesbecamemoreandmorecompetitiveandthepressuresfromJapanscontinuousimprovementculture,otherfirmswereforcedtofindinnovativewaystocutcostsandcompete.TheideabehindJIT,orleanmanufacturing,istohavethesuppliesafirmneedsattheexactmomentt

3、hattheyareneeded.Inordertoaccomplishthisgoalafirmmustconstantlybeseekingwaystoreducewasteandenhancevalue.Arecentsurveyofseniormanufacturingexecutivesshowedthat71%usedsomeformofJITintheirprocesses(Pragman).ThissimplestatisticillustratesthatJITisheretostayandalsothatfir

4、msmustconstantlybesearchingforwaystocutcostsandachieveanadvantage.JITisonewaytoachievethatendresult. InordertounderstandhowJITworksacommonvocabularyneedstobeestablishedfromwhichtofurtherdiscussthetopicandgaininsightintowhysomanyfirmshaveadoptedit.Aspreviouslystated,on

5、eofthekeycomponentsofJITistoreducewasteandaddvalue.Thereareseveralactivitiesthatacompanymustmonitorastargetsforreducingwaste.Amongtheseare,excessivewastetimes,inflatedinventories,unneededpeopleormaterialmovement,unnecessaryprocessingsteps,numerousvariabilitiesthrougho

6、utafirm'sactivitiesandanyothernon-valueaddingactivity.AkeyexampleofthisisanewplantthatCaterpillarisbringingon-lineinthenearfuture.Byreducingthenumberoftimesabuckethadtoberepositionedwhileitwasbeingwelded,Caterpillarwasabletoreducetheamountoftimethebucketspentintheweld

7、ingline,reducelaborcostsbylimitingidletimeattheweldingstationandincreasetheefficiencyoftheentiremanufacturingprocess. ThelayoutandinventoriesthatarepartofaJITstrategymayseemthemostlogicalstepstoreducewasteandincreasevalue.Bysimplyredevelopingthelayoutofcertainfaciliti

8、esafirmcanreducethetimeittakesforsuppliestogettothenextstepinprocessandcutcostsassociatedwiththatmovement.Onewaytodothisisto