Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

Glamox - a complete manufacturer of lighting equipment

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

”An approach to achieving excellence in an manufacturing company based on continuing elimination of waste and consistent improvement in productivity.”

Walter E Goddard

DEF: Waste is defined as those things that do not add value to the product.

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

Just In Time - Key Benefits:• JIT saves you money - pay for what you need

when you need it• JIT saves you time - order once for an extended

period• JIT saves you space - no need to store parts until

you need it

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

Goals for Just In Time:• Seek a produce-to-order production schedule

• No stock-production

• No change-over time for machines

• Seek to eliminate waste

• Deliveries from sub-producers to manufacturer only when needed

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

• Only keep parts for short time-interval

• No warehouse - saves money

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Consequences for Glamox Vågstranda:• New machinery

• Suppliers must adjust to Glamox’ needs - must deliver when Glamox needs it - just in time

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

• No change in work stock, but increased profit gives the opportunity to employ more people.

• component mounting is used to keep up the production in “poor times” and set away to others when the “times are good”.

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

• Reduces production-times drastically:– former cyklus production - 2 weeks delivery

time – now down to 1/2 a day(order placement

morning- produced during the day)

• 100 % delivery punctuality

• Increased profity

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

• Uses Kanban, also called 2 bin system

• An approach of Just-In-Time production initially developed at Toyota. The Toyota approach uses standard containers with a standard card attached to each. It is a pull system in which work centers which use parts signal with a card that they wish to withdraw parts from feeding operations.

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

RefillingBin 1

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Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

The changing into Just-In-Time production has beed

successful for Glamox Vågstranda !

Just In Time - Glamox Vågstranda

Referanser:• Asle Furu , formann Glamox Vågstranda• Walter E. Goddard - ”Just In Time”• Marc J. Schniederjans - ”Just In Time

Management”• Glamox web-side - www.glamox.no• Kenneth C. Laudon & Jane P. Laudon -

”Management Information Systems