The JIT materials management system in developing countries

G Polat, D Arditi - Construction Management and Economics, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Just-in-time application and implementation for building material management

A Akintoye - Construction management and economics, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

JIT in developing countries—a case study of the Turkish prefabrication sector

EL Oral, G Mıstıkoglu, E Erdis - Building and Environment, 2003 - Elsevier
Just in Time (JIT) is a production management system, whose success depends on the
fulfilment of a number of environmental conditions; which presents the problem related with …

The application of JIT philosophy to construction: a case study in site layout

LS Pheng, MS Hui - Construction Management & Economics, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Critical elements in implementations of just-in-time management: empirical study of cement industry in Pakistan

MI Qureshi, M Iftikhar, MN Bhatti, T Shams, K Zaman - SpringerPlus, 2013 - Springer
In recent years, inventory management is continuous challenge for all organizations not only
due to heavy cost associated with inventory holding, but also it has a great deal to do with …

Just‐in‐time management in precast concrete construction: a survey of the readiness of main contractors in Singapore

L Sui Pheng, C Joo Chuan - Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 2001 - emerald.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] The application of the just-in-time philosophy in the Chinese construction industry

LS Pheng, G Shang - Journal of construction in developing …, 2011 - eprints.usm.my
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 …

JIT systems and external logistics suppliers

MS Spencer, DS Rogers, PJ Daugherty - International Journal of …, 1994 - emerald.com
Just‐in‐time (JIT) systems have evolved from a few selectedimplementations in the
automobile industry into a widespread businesspractice. Early understanding of JIT models …

JIT implementation within a service industry: a case study

S Mehra, RA Inman - International Journal of Service Industry …, 1990 - emerald.com
Just‐in‐time (JIT) philosophy has been primarily used inmanufacturing operations to
manage materials and other productionactivities. However, JIT can be applicable in service …

Modeling just-in-time purchasing in the ready mixed concrete industry

W Min, LS Pheng - International journal of production economics, 2007 - Elsevier
The currently available economic order quantity–just-in-time (EOQ–JIT) cost indifference
point models suggest that the JIT purchasing approach is always preferred to the EOQ …