OT -Just In Time Was Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $

[kgw]

I do not have the MBA knowledge of JIT, but one thing it is good for is 
very expensive delivery services, FedEx, etcc.  I have seen thousands 
upon thousands of dollars p'd away on special by shaving the schedule 
too close, even though there was no real need to do so (other than the 
bean counters said to).
Gene

Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois 60123 USA

Tom Yasnowski wrote:
> Opps Mike, you beat me too it.
> 
>> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $
>> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:45:46 -0400
>>
>> "Just in time" isn't about being in a rush. JIT is about reducing 
>> inventory costs to improve productivity. When you have the parts you 
>> need precisely when you are ready to incorporate them into your 
>> product, you don't have to own, inventory, and warehouse them any 
>> longer than the absolute minimum. And this extends to retail 
>> operations. Excellent theory, not easy to implement.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Mark Greer wrote:
>>
>>> If the whole damn country wasn't in such a rush all the time we 
>>> wouldn't be
>>> stuck with the idea that we need JIT delivery. Maybe if we all slowed up
>>> just a bit and lived a slightly less frantic pace.........
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Sloane


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