Abstract
The chief executive of Ace Industries Ltd. (AIL), A O Kamraj, is considering the implementation of the Just-in-Time (JIT) approach to industrial management in order to revive the company's chequered performance. AIL manufactures engineering products which enjoy a good measure of market acceptance. However, it faced numerous external and internal problems over its 25 years' history.
Kamraj, aware of JIT, collaborates with a management institution in allowing a couple of MB As with engineering backgrounds to audit the company from a JIT perspective. The investigators recommend that the layout of the compressor shop be drastically streamlined. Resistance surfaces during a discussion of the report with the investigators. A new competitor to AIL appears on the scene with a factory designed for JIT. In the face of these conflicting pressures, Kamraj has to decide whether to implement JIT and, if so, how he should proceed.
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