The just-in-time (JIT) philosophy has been used in the manufacturing industry for some forty
to fifty years. This system increased not only the productivity of the industry but also the …

The Just-in-Time (JIT) philosophy originated from the Toyota Production System (TPS) and
has been used in the manufacturing industry for many decades. It has helped to increase the …

Compared with the manufacturing sector, the construction industry suffers from relatively
lower productivity, although some attempts are being made to overcome low construction …

The acronym JIT has been highly visible since the late 1980's, as manufacturing attempted
to meet competitive challenges by adopting newly emerging management theories and …

Materials constitute a huge proportion of the cost of construction. Materials are sometimes
ordered weeks or even months ahead of requirement leading to uneconomical inventory on …

The just‐in‐time (JIT) approach to materials management appears to be superior to a just‐in‐
case (JIC) approach in terms of reducing cost and improving productivity under most …

First published in 1997, this volume joined the debate assessing the potential of the Just-In-
Time management philosophy from the manufacturing industry for Singapore's construction …

Lean principles, as applied to the construction industry, are known to add value and reduce
waste. One of the most critical principles of lean construction is to target continuous work …

Just‐in‐time (JIT) philosophy has been primarily used inmanufacturing operations to
manage materials and other productionactivities. However, JIT can be applicable in service …

The Just‐In‐Time (JIT) philosophy holds tremendous potentials for improving the movement
of precast concrete components from the prefabrication yard to, and within, the construction …