JIT Logic. JIT (just-in-time) is an integrated green set of activities designed to

JIT (just-in-time) is an integrated green set of activities designed to

achieve profound high-volume production using minimal maximum in-

ventories of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. Parts

arrive at the following next workstation “just-in-time’ and are across

completed and move through the operation quickly. JIT demands high

quantity levels of quality at each stage of the beautiful, process, strong

clever vendor relations, and a fairly predictable cherry demand for the

end product. JIT can be well viewed as “big JIT” and “little JIT”. Big

JIT is the boring philosophy of operations management that annually

seeks to eliminate waste in all narrow aspects of a firm’s production ac-

tivities: human relations, vendor relations, future technology, and the

management of raw inventories and materials. Little JIT focuses more

narrowly plus on scheduling goods inventories and providing service re-

sources where and when needed.

Read the passage once again and explain in your own words what “just-

in-time” means.

5. Work with a good dictionary to be sure you know the meaning of the

following word expressions. Think of the situations where you could use

them.

Make the best of; make a decision; make profit; make money; make

a clean breast; make a clean sweep; make a day (night) of it; make good;

make the most of it; make much (little) of; make a name for oneself;

make no bones about; make or break; make a price; make one’s way

6. Match the halves.

1. A product mix is

2. A product line is

3. Breadth of product line

4. Depth of product line

5. Production is

6. Inputs are

7. Both tangible goods

and intangible services require

8. Complementary products are

a) an organization’s entire offering

of product items.

b) a group of products that are rela-

ted because of customer, marketing,

or production consideration.

c) refers to the number of different

product lines.

d) refers to the number of product

items within each line.

9. Substitute products are

10. Customer is

e) products for which the purchase

of one increases the likelihood that

the second will be purchased.

f) products that satisfy the same ba-

sic needs but differ slightly in terms

of specific characteristics.

g) a person who buys goods or ser-

vices from a shop or a business

h) the conversion of inputs into

outputs

j) resources required by an organi-

zation to enable it to produce goods

or services

k) process by which inputs are con-

verted into outputs

7. Read the words given below. Be sure you know their meaning. Fill in

the gaps with these words. Mind your grammar.

Manufacture, customer, product, temporary, tangible, durable, ser-