Application of Lean and JIT principles in Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management is a set of synchronized decisions and activities utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, transporters, retailers, and customers so that the right product or service is distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time, in order to minimize system-wide costs while satisfying customer service level requirements. SCM leads to a proficient way of doing things completely. Lean manufacturing and JIT play an importunate role in better functioning of SCM. Some of the lean manufacturing principles are: JIT inventory principle, JIT production principle, JIT human resource principle, JIT quality principle, JIT supplier relation principle, The present research involves role of lean manufacturing and JIT principles in SCM.

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Il Dr. Chandan Deep Singh lavora come professore assistente presso il dipartimento di ingegneria meccanica dell'Università di Punjabi, Patiala. Ha completato il dottorato di ricerca in ingegneria meccanica nel 2016. Ha all'attivo circa 60 pubblicazioni su varie riviste internazionali e ha guidato circa 30 studenti per la tesi di M.Tech.