Manufacturing Manufacturing firms can experience many benefits from the introduction of the JIT inventory control system. JIT enables firms to produce better quality products, a higher inventory turnover, higher productivity and lowers production costs. JIT accomplishes this by producing only the minimum necessary units in the smallest possible quantities at the latest possible time. Employees are encouraged to offer suggestions for improving the current situation. By empowering employees to help make decisions in their organization they take ownership of the organizations goals.
Employee empowerment is a very strong tool for organizations to utilize.
Employee's who are involved in the corporation and take ownership of the company's goals could prove to be the firm's most valuable asset. In a JIT inventory control system each and every workstation depends on the previous workstation to produce the final product. With this new dependence on an integrated system, one can see how important each and every workstation in the JIT environment becomes. It's important for each and every workstation to produce at a constant production rate. If for some reason Workstation A has an extended shutdown period then Workstation B, C, and D will be adversely effected.