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    JIT and Lean Manufacturing differ in their focus and scope. JIT focuses on efficiency through eliminating excess inventory and having the right amount of materials arrive at the right time for production. Lean is a more comprehensive system that aims to add value for the customer by reducing all types of waste across business departments. While JIT can be used on its own, it is also a component of the Lean methodology. Both concepts trace their origins to automakers like Henry Ford and Taiichi Ohno at Toyota, who pioneered JIT production and identified the seven types of manufacturing waste that form the basis of Lean.

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    JIT and Lean Manufacturing differ in their focus and scope. JIT focuses on efficiency through eliminating excess inventory and having the right amount of materials arrive at the right time for production. Lean is a more comprehensive system that aims to add value for the customer by reducing all types of waste across business departments. While JIT can be used on its own, it is also a component of the Lean methodology. Both concepts trace their origins to automakers like Henry Ford and Taiichi Ohno at Toyota, who pioneered JIT production and identified the seven types of manufacturing waste that form the basis of Lean.

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    JIT and Lean Manufacturing differ in their focus and scope. JIT focuses on efficiency through eliminating excess inventory and having the right amount of materials arrive at the right time for production. Lean is a more comprehensive system that aims to add value for the customer by reducing all types of waste across business departments. While JIT can be used on its own, it is also a component of the Lean methodology. Both concepts trace their origins to automakers like Henry Ford and Taiichi Ohno at Toyota, who pioneered JIT production and identified the seven types of manufacturing waste that form the basis of Lean.

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    JIT and Lean Manufacturing

    Many confuse the concepts of Just In Time (JIT) and Lean Manufacturing. Scott Thompson,
    journalist for the Houston Chronicle outlines the differences between the two. Thompson
    writes, “Just-in-time manufacturing is focused on efficiency, while lean manufacturing is
    focused on using efficiency to add value for the customer. Just-in-time manufacturing can
    be practiced on its own or as one step in the lean manufacturing process.”

    There are other ways JIT and Lean differ. Lean is a complete system that can be used
    across business departments including manufacturing, production, marketing, distribution,
    etc. You can use Lean to create a JIT process but JIT is the piece of the Lean method that
    eliminates the waste of excessive inventory.

    JIT and Lean manufacturing have an interesting history based on the auto industry. Before
    the JIT concept, manufacturers created their products in surplus and often, well in advance
    of need. Henry Ford implemented JIT at a plant in Michigan. Iron ore was delivered on
    Monday and was part of a finished car three days later. Ford saw the savings in having just
    the right amount of inventory arriving at just the right time.
    Ford’s work influenced Taiichi Ohno, a Toyota executive who studied the manufacturing
    process of the Model T. Ohno was also impressed with American supermarkets and how
    they stocked inventory. He thought it was much more efficient than the auto industry.

    Taiichi Ohno built on Ford’s idea of keeping only the inventory necessary for production and
    developed a comprehensive strategy for reducing waste, adding value, and bolstering profit.

    Upon returning to Japan, Ohno identified the categories of wasteful manufacturing practices
    which became to be known as the seven wastes:
    1. Overproduction
    2. Waiting
    3. Transportation
    4. Inappropriate Processing
    5. Excessive Inventory
    6. Unnecessary Motion
    7. Defects
    Just In Time production and the identification of the seven wastes, along with other tools
    and techniques, became collectively known as the Toyota Production System. The Toyota
    Production System was successful and the term “lean production” was later coined by an
    MIT research team to describe the “revolutionary production and management system” they
    identified at Toyota. Thanks to two automobile icons and their implementation of JIT and
    Lean, organizations have two tools to create more efficient and productive processes.

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