Title: Literature review on successful JIT implementation: benefits, obstacles and critical success factors

Authors: Fatima Ezzahra Sebtaoui; Ahmed Adri; Said Rifai

Addresses: Mechanical, Production, and Industrial Engineering Laboratory, High National School of Electricity and Mechanics, Hassan II University in Casablanca, Casablanca 8118, Morocco ' Mechanical, Production, and Industrial Engineering Laboratory, High School of Technology, Hassan II university in Casablanca, Morocco ' Mechanical, Production, and Industrial Engineering Laboratory, High School of Technology, Hassan II university in Casablanca, Morocco

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to review the literature related to just-in-time (JIT) implementation. After going through a large number of papers related to the subject, the JIT implementation practices employed by successful manufacturing organisations have been extensively reviewed and analysed. This study also discusses the critical success factors and facilitators of JIT implementation in an organisation, and contains a comprehensive listing of publications in the field of JIT implementation. The study has reported 21 different benefits obtained by companies after a successful JIT implementation. In addition, this research reduces the list to identify the essential benefits that must be focused on. The study further indicates that management commitment, quality management, education and training are the main critical success factors in the JIT implementation, and that management, employee and knowledge are the main obstacles of JIT implementation.

Keywords: just-in-time; JIT; JIT implementation; inventory management; pull manufacturing; lean manufacturing; waste reduction; kanban; MRP.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2020.110571

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2020 Vol.37 No.2, pp.153 - 172

Received: 07 Feb 2018
Accepted: 25 Dec 2018
Published online: 26 Oct 2020 *

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