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Please search the abbreviations by using the alphabet links above.
The purpose of this tool is to list and define abbreviations used within the supply chain,
logistics and
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) areas. Please Email any terms that you think are missing or
where the definition is incorrect. All suggestions will be credited.
This work is copyrighted.
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- JIC
- Just In Case - in a pragmatic view of a JIT
environment, stocks held to maintain supplies in case of JTL - Just Too Late -
JIT failure. You could also say a stock holding to mitigate risk.
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- JIT
- Just
In Time - a continuous improvement methodology. JIT is the spiritual
home of "lean" techniques.
It is important to note that kanban is only 5% of JIT. It is
not the same thing.
The cornerstones and evils addressed by JIT are the Japanese terms:
miri excess stock reduction
muda waste, zero setup/defects
mura unevenness, lead time reduction
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- JITD
- Just In Time Delivery
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- JITII
- Just In Time II - created by Lance Dixon of Bose Corporation. JIT II is a supplier relationship technique
that empowers a supplier within a customers business to buy, plan,
change orders and design, along with other activities.
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