Just in Time Project

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Body of the study

Definition of Just in Time

The concept of Just in Time (JIT) is a control mechanism for production and inventory system in which the materials required are purchased and units are manufactured only when needed to meet the actual customer demand (Vanderbeck and Mitchell 192). Therefore, it focuses on the purchase of the correct amount of raw materials and production of correct number of units. The concept of just in time was first developed in Japan in the 1970s by Taiichi Ohno. The founder came up with this system after visiting the US in 1956 to learn the system that was used by Henry Ford. The idea of just in time was borrowed from how commodities are arranged in a supermarket. In this system, each production line arranges its assorted output for the following line to select from.

The fundamental techniques used in Just-in-time

There are vital techniques that are required for just in time to work effectively. The techniques should ensure that there is stable production, supple resources, output of very high quality, and dependable suppliers among others. Further, the techniques can be grouped into two. The first group composed of the plants and the systems. First, it is necessary to have a layout of the plant and demand pull production. The second system is Kanban. It gives information on when to restock (Rios-Mercado and Rios-Solis 314). It ensures continuous supply of inventory and products. Third system is a mechanism that will ensure self-review and continuous development of the system such as total quality management (Weygandt, Kieso and Kimmel 341). Some of the other important systems are material requirement planning and manufacturing resource planning. The second group requires organizations to have a strong association with stakeholders such as owners, management, government, labor unions, and supply chain (Hirano 141).

Is Just in Time a success in Japan?

Just in Time was developed in Japan in the 1970s and it created an essential new method to manufacturing process. It has gone through trial and error process over several years. Despite being developed in Japan; the system has been successfully implemented outside Japan. Some of the benefits that have been reported from the use of just in time are an increase in output, efficient use of resources, involvement of workers in finding solutions to problems, improved relationship with all stakeholders, improved quality of products, fewer of hours spent on machine set-ups, and a reduction of rework (Drury 241). A study carried out indicates that firms that implemented just in time reported a 70% decrease in inventory, a 50% declines of labor costs, and 80% drops in the amount of space needed. Despite the numerous benefits reported, the system has a number of limitations. For instance, its success highly depends on the reliability of suppliers. Also, it limits the ability of an organization to take advantage of price fluctuations (Bhimani et al. 291).

Is Just in Time a success in UAE?

Construction Industry in United Arab Emirates

UAE Popular Contractions Companies

Arabtec Construction L.L.C, Emaar Properties, Nakheel Properties & Al Habtoor Group are the most popular construction companies in UAE which are common in many traits that drove them to achieve progress and sustainability in development industry. The main factors of their success in construction field are evacuations of obstructions and management of existing services, obtaining approvals in a timely manner and awareness of communication management among project stakeholders during all project stages.

- Reasons behind JIT in Construction filed

In the development field, contractual workers are continually adjusting the project's limitations: scope, time, and cost. From a contractor's point of view, a powerful development venture is a task that performs the client's required scope within the shortest possible time and at minimum cost. This assignment is not generally simple because of the multifaceted nature that encompasses the construction environment and the many parties that need to work together and interface.

Construction industry is characterized by issues identified with production, general quality of work, configuration changes, material quality and accessibility, material taking care of and development, security, work accessibility, limit usage, and so on.

Overseeing materials procurement is a critical process that has direct influence on a project's expense. ‘A study demonstrates the expense of materials and equipment constitutes around 60% of the project's cost.

Each Project has a period constraint, which should be met satisfying a cost limit (budgeted funds). Sometimes, there is a motivator in finishing the project ahead of schedule. In this situation, the most valuable approach is "Just-in-Time", which provides a significant improvement of Project Cost and Time Management. The primary standard of this approach is to meet project time constraints without unsecured activities. To accomplish this objective, initial resource allocation should be based on a minimum overtime construction work.

Furthermore, just in Time’s main aim is not only about elimination of inventories, but a way of thinking, working and management to eliminate wastes in the construction