作者:White, RE; Pearson, JN; Wilson, JR
作者单位:University of North Texas System; University of North Texas Denton; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要:Since the early 1980s, the diffusion of Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing from Japanese manufacturers to U.S. manufacturers has progressed at an accelerated rate. At this stage of the diffusion process, JIT implementations are more common and more advanced in large U.S. manufacturers than in small; consequently, U.S. businessmen's understanding of issues associated with JIT implementations in large manufacturers is more developed than that of small manufacturers. When small manufacturers repres...