#31 – PEOPLE WHO SAY SUPPLY CHAIN JIT WON’T WORK ARE RIGHT – FOR THE WRONG REASONS – KAREN WILHELM

Karen WilhelmBack in the early 1980s, manufacturers in America woke up to the fact that Toyota and other Japanese companies were outperforming them on quality and efficiency.  They looked across the Pacific and copied the first thing they could see — rapid delivery of parts to the plant.  They called it Just-in-Time and mandated it from their suppliers. Continue reading