Just-in-time for supply chains in turbulent times

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Choi, Thomas Y.; Netland, Torbjorn H.; Sanders, Nada; Sodhi, ManMohan S.; Wagner, Stephan M.
• 署名单位: Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich; Northeastern University; City St Georges, University of London; City St Georges, University of London
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• DOI: 10.1111/poms.13979
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 2331-2340
• 关键词: disruptions; inventory; JIT; just-in-time; supply chain resilience

摘要

The Covid-19 pandemic and other recent disruptions in the early 2020s led to sections in the business press blaming just-in-time (JIT) practices for operational failings. Consequently, there are calls for moving away from JIT toward holding more inventory as preparation against future disruptions, which is referred to as just-in-case. The academic community is also divided. Some scholars argue that JIT is not resilient, while others maintain that JIT can continue providing superior performance even with disruptions. Motivated by this debate, we discuss various misconceptions about JIT that underlie this debate. Furthermore, we present different ways to adapt JIT for turbulent environments and argue that companies can improve their supply chain performance if JIT supply chain segments are chosen fittingly-even more so-during disruptions.