Obviously the ingestor subsystem is affected. If a vendor ships defective product, and the product makes it to the production line, it too could shut down production. This applies to defective or improperly maintained equipment as well as defective raw materials. The internal transducer helps keep all necessary subsystems aware of how the new manufacturing process will effect their critical subsystems. Marketing, through the encoder and output transducer, communicates the benefits of JIT manufacturing to the external environment.
Results are in the form of higher quality and faster customer response times.
The concepts of JIT and the systems approach to manufacturing are a natural fit. When problem solving, both emphasize the need for considering the organization as a whole, using a team effort, and maintaining a goal-oriented approach. One problem with the implementation of JIT systems is that there is no comprehensive approach for all industries. The advantage of using the GLST framework is that it provides an outline of concepts that can be applied to all organizations. It also requires consideration of fundamental organizational changes that must be made before JIT can provide the benefits that are vital to the health of U.S. manufacturing.