BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: JIT
- just-in-time
Wiktionary Definition for: JIT
- Just In Time
Additional Resources
- Revisiting the JIT Paradigm
- The practice of JIT - just in time inventory management can sometimes expose firms to costly production disruptions. A re-evaluation of the purposes of JIT are in order. JIT may have reached its apex and could be ready to swing back. Article suggests manufacturers should reconsider their inventory policies as...
- White papers 2002-05-16
- Toyota: Kanban in Kentucky. (Toyota Motor Corp; Japanese word for visible signal used to notify suppliers when to send next installment of parts)(includes related article) (JIT Report)
- At one time just-in-time was a catch phrase used to describe the Toyota production system. If Toyota did not invent JIT - many would cite Henry Ford's mammouth River Rouge complex as a proto-JIT workshop - the Japanese automaker certainly is one of At...
- Research articles 1992-09-10
- Johnson Controls Advances Just-in-Time Sequencing with QAD; QAD JIT Sequencing Solution Helps Leading Automotive Supplier Meet OEM Demand for Customized Components Delivered in Sequence
- CARPINTERIA, Calif. -- QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADI), a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturers, today announced that Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) is deploying QAD JIT Sequencing software in Europe to support its just-in-time JIT sequencing production initiative. A QAD customer since 1991, Johnson Controls' planned implementation of QAD JIT...
- Research articles 2005-05-10
- JIT: Zero tolerance for late deliveries
- Just-in-time delivery systems have saved the economy enormous sums of money since they became popular over a decade ago. Now the concept is expanding and growing with a system that has become known as JIT II. Just-in-time JIT delivery programs are being re-engineered and PT deliveries are...
- Research articles 2000-01-01
- 'JIT II' is here. (just in time inventory system developed by Lance E. Dixon)
- Bose purchasing takes an unprecedented leap in supply-side JIT management This is one of the most exciting jobs; it's a playground of opportunity," says Chris LaBonte about a concept which carries the registered service mark JIT II. JIT II is the four...
- Research articles 1991-09-12
- QAD Introduces Just-In-Time Sequencing Solution; QAD JIT Sequencing Helps Manufacturers Synchronize Production with Customer Demand
- CARPINTERIA, Calif. -- QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADI), a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturers, today announced the availability of its new QAD JIT Sequencing solution, designed to address the sequenced production requirements of the automotive industry. In collaboration with Johnson Controls Inc., a leading automotive supplier, QAD has developed...
- Research articles 2005-05-10
- JIT: a process with many faces.(just-in-time)
- In its most basic form, just-in-time or JIT is producing the required items, at the right quality, and in the exact quantities, precisely as they are needed. Over the years, this philosophy has spawned a host of new production concepts....
- Research articles 1997-09-04
- Did the GM strike prove that JIT doesn't work?(just in time manufacturing)
- For more than a decade, just-in-time manufacturing has been touted as a prime way to keep costs down and assembly lines running smoothly. But, because JIT requires plants to keep trim inventories, even the smallest glitch in the supply chain can brin For more than a...
- Research articles 1996-05-09
- Returnable Containers Support JIT Operations at Harley-Davidson.(Brief Article)
- Harley-Davidson assembles up to 600 heavy-duty motorcycles daily on a JIT basis at its final assembly plant in York, PA. With some shipments coming in as frequently as twice a day, that used to mean some pretty heavy-duty volumes of disposal packagin Harley-Davidson assembles up to...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- Staging fills Honda JIT orders in 2 hours. (just-in-time)
- For many JIT purists, the idea of including a staging warehouse in a just-in-time operation smacks of nothing short of heresy. But for this manufacturer, such a warehouse provides the buffer the company needs in order to deliver products over a dis For many...
- Research articles 1994-07-01
- Netezza CEO Jit Saxena to Headline Massachusetts Telecommunications Council Members CEO Breakfast
- Who: Jit Saxena, co-founder and CEO of Netezza Corporation, a fast-growing provider of enterprise-class data warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and ease-of-use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses. What: Jit Saxena will...
- Research articles 2004-11-16
- Netezza CEO Jit Saxena to Headline Massachusetts Telecommunications Council Members CEO Breakfast
- Who: Jit Saxena, co-founder and CEO of Netezza Corporation, a fast-growing provider of enterprise-class data warehouse appliances that deliver breakthrough performance and ease-of-use at a fraction of the cost of traditional data warehouses. What: Jit Saxena will...
- Research articles 2004-11-09
- World Bank announces the winners of the 2006 Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-26 April 2006-WORLD BANK: World Bank announces the winners of the 2006 Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public ServiceC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25042006 WASHINGTON - The World Bank today has announced three winners for the 2006 Jit Gill Memorial...
- Research articles 2006-04-26
- Cone Mills exec: QR, JIT to boost US industry in '87. (Quick Response, Just-In-Time, John Bakane)
- Cone Mills Exec: QR, JIT To Boost US Industry in '87 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Quick Response and Just-In-Time manufacturing techniques will accelerate in the U.S. textile and apparel industries during the coming year, John Bakane, corporate vice-president of Cone Mills Corp., told the Charlotte Textile Club...
- Research articles 1986-11-11
- JIT OSCILLATORS CUT JITTER BY 67%.(The JITO-2 series of JIT (just-in-time) oscillators from Fox Electronics)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
- The JITO-2 series of JIT (just-in-time) oscillators from Fox Electronics offers 67% less jitter than other competitively priced oscillators, according to the company. The decrease in jitter lessens the introduction of bit errors in [micro]P-based systems. Fox performs cycle-to-cycle jitter measurements with a digital oscilloscope using...
- Research articles 1999-12-09
- JIT and the Balanced Scorecard: Linking Manufacturing to Management Control
- The Just-in-Time JIT philosophy was adopted by American Companies to control manufacturing. The Balanced Score card concept was developed to help management control overall operations. What we propose here is linking the two techniques to increase the effectiveness of both. Financial accounting measures lag performance because they are historical in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- "How we produce printers on a JIT basis." (just-in-time inventory management at Hewlett Packard; includes related article)(part 2)
- Being a market leader might seem like an enviable position to be in, but Hewlett Packard's ink jet printer assembly plant near Camas, Wash., once struggled to keep up with its rapid growth. Although the factory implemented a just-in-time JIT man Being a...
- Research articles 1995-01-01
- e-Diagnostics, Predictive 'JIT' Maintenance Highlights of New Helix Service Agreements
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MANSFIELD, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 2003 Helix Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:HELX) today announced an added level of e-Diagnostics and predictive "JIT" maintenance support features that are integral parts of its new "TrueBluesm" family of Service Agreements. Under the agreements, Helix can predictively deliver replacement parts or pumps...
- Research articles 2003-03-27
- JIT II at Techsonic. (Just-in-Time use at Techsonic Industries Inc.) (Buylines) (Column)
- For this column we thank Paul Bauman, materials manager at Techsonic Industries Inc. Our experience with JIT II is primarily tied to and in-plant store with electronics distributor Hamilton-Hallmark. We have a secured office and warehouse on our premises which inventories all...
- Research articles 1994-10-06
- Triple Point Technology and JIT Shipping Launch PortMaster-Web-based Marine Logistics and Global Communications Workbench
- Business and Energy Editors WESTPORT, Conn. and HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 2001 PortMaster To Streamline Oil Supply Chain Operations and Limit Risk Exposures Associated With Port Calls Triple Point Technology, Inc. (www.tpt.com), provider of enterprise-wide energy trading business systems, and JIT Shipping, a leading demurrage management system...
- Research articles 2001-05-22
