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Assessing the impact of just-in-time on operational performance at varying degrees of repetitiveness

Thomas Bortolotti Orcid Logo, Pamela Danese, Pietro Romano

International Journal of Production Research, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 1117 - 1130

Swansea University Author: Thomas Bortolotti Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/00207543.2012.678403

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This work studies the applicability of Just-In-Time in non-repetitive contexts, where the product is customized and the customer demand is uncertain. Based on the analysis of 244 companies, our findings suggest that Just-In-Time can be applied also in non-repetitive companies, even though the uncert...

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Published in: International Journal of Production Research
Published: 2012
Online Access: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207543.2012.678403
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21649
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Abstract: This work studies the applicability of Just-In-Time in non-repetitive contexts, where the product is customized and the customer demand is uncertain. Based on the analysis of 244 companies, our findings suggest that Just-In-Time can be applied also in non-repetitive companies, even though the uncertainty of the demand negatively moderates the relationship between Just-In-Time and delivery.
Keywords: lean, just-in-time, non-repetitive manufacturing, operational performance, high performance manufacturing, structural equation modelling
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 4
Start Page: 1117
End Page: 1130