Just in Time

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With fourteen factories offline at the same time, the stoppage could have cost Toyota many millions in lost production.

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From a world of "just in time" to a world of "just in case."

Last year at this time, retailers had high demand, but stock was in short supply. This year, that's turned on its head. So, what does that mean for consumers?

Toyota has fared better than many of its competitors in riding out the supply chain disruptions of recent years. But focusing on how Toyota had stockpiled semiconductors and the problems of other manufacturers, some observers jumped to the conclusion that the era of the vaunted Toyota Production System was over. Not the case, say Toyota executives. TPS is alive and well and is a key reason Toyota has outperformed…

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Rana Forhoohar, a columnist at the Financial Times, makes the case for less global, more local supply chains. In her view, the last few decades of globalization hasn't worked for most people. And more localized economies can provide more resilience, more sustainability, and less inequality.

The wild swings in supply and demand initially unleashed by the pandemic have wreaked havoc on supply chains. But there are actions that companies can take to mitigate the oscillations. They include: take steps to drastically reduce lead and response times, provide each link in the supply chain with better information, and adjust — rather than abandon — your just-in-time inventory management system, and resist…

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The supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic, natural disasters, war, and geopolitical tensions have called into question the viability of just-in-time global supply chains. But instead of abandoning them, companies should redesign them. This article offers a method for doing just that.

Lockdowns during the pandemic, aggressive ordering and high consumer demand led to the misalignment.