Just-in-Time Logistics

Publication Date	July 2009
Publisher	Ashgate Publishing
Product Type	Book
Pages	206
ISBN Number	9780566089008
Product Code	ASH00469

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Summary

The enduring repercussions of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the worsening global economy following the burst of the dotcom bubbles in 2001, the financial tsunami in 2008, and the incessant rise in customer demand for better services have all contributed to shrinking profit margins for businesses around the world. To cope with these challenges, firms are discovering logistics as a competitive weapon when looking for ways to strengthen and preserve their market positions. One successful solution has been the adoption of Just-in-Time manufacturing systems, which involve many functional areas of a firm such as manufacturing, engineering, marketing, and purchasing, among others.

Just-in-Time Logistics extends the JIT concept in manufacturing to business logistics, an area that has been observed to account for more than 30 per cent of sales revenue for some firms. It gives you an overview and an introduction of JIT logistics, and provides managerial insights on how to achieve improved logistics performance in terms of cost and service enhancements. A discussion of the quality, implementation, and performance measurement issues related to the application of JIT in business logistics is also presented.

Content

Preface
Introduction
- Basics of JIT: Principles of a JIT programme
- JIT in services
- Elements of JIT logistics
- The goals of JIT
- JIT and competitiveness
- Limitations of JIT
- The rationale for implementing JIT
- Prerequisites to JIT implementation
- Summary
History and development of logistics. Basics of Logistics: Scope of logistics
- The logistics system
- Inbound and outbound logistics
- The core logistics elements
- Supply chain management
- The goals of logistics
- Logistics and competitiveness
- Summary
Customer service. JIT Logistics: Logistics service quality
- Order processing
- Inventory management
- Transportation management
- Summary
Quality awareness in logistics. Quality Management Issues: The need for quality logistics
- Quality and quality costs
- Quality of services
- Quality issues in JIT
- Quality management tools
- Summary
Organizational factors for implementation.
Implementation Issues: Developing an implementation strategy
An operational plan for implementation
Pilot projects
Dealing with employee resistance
Adopting enabling technologies
Diffusion of JIT logistics to partner firms
Data collection and measurement systems
Performance measurement
A ten-step approach for the implementation of JIT logistics
Summary. Bibliography
Index