Just-in-Time: Lean Operating Principles and Techniques

APICS’ JIT education investigates how to improve quality, eliminate waste, reduce manufacturing lead times and inventory, and develop productive customer and supplier relationships. The course focuses on cycle-time, kanban, demand-pull, and order-push techniques to reduce inventory in any organization’s supply chain.

Session Topics

• Introduction to JIT Concepts
• Continuous Improvement Methodologies and Techniques
• Statistical Process Control and Pull Signals
• Production Considerations and Material Logistics
• Planning and Scheduling and Paperwork/Transaction Reduction
• Human Resource Development and Involvement
• Integrating and Applying Techniques to Business Processes
• Implementation Considerations

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