JIT Philosphy in GE-wilmington plant

According to JIT definition, JIT is a philosophy of continuous and forced problem solving that drives out waste and unwanted variability. With no excess inventory or excess time in JIT system, costs associated with unneeded inventory are eliminated and throughput improve which this is helpful to support strategies of rapid response and low cost. Basically, the application of JIT deals with suppliers, layout, inventory, scheduling, quality, and employee empowerment. For Willimington case, Wilimington plant faced with its obstacles to use a JIT system that is described in the following application of JIT:

a) Suppliers
· Some suppliers, located outside the Northeast, are far from the plant that is hard for the company to make the plan.
· Almost 60% of purchasing order comes from West Lynn that currently decline in quality and reliability. With this low quality of the material, the company needs to buy in double ...