JIT II: the ultimate customer-supplier partnership.

Abstract

JIT II, conceived and implemented by the Bose Corporation in 1987, is currently being reviewed and tried in other U.S. companies, possibly because it fits well with two cutting-edge concepts, partnering and concurrent reengineering. This article presents a brief introduction to JIT II, lists the benefits that Bose has been able to obtain by implementing it, and indicates where it can be used to best effect.