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0 pointslotsofpulp5y ago0 comments

I was under the impression it was Japanese cars' superior quality/reliability to price ratio that caused them to take over the industry a few decades ago. Just in time might allow for lower prices, but would it also have resulted in the higher quality?

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marshray5y ago

The 1970's saw multiple oil crises hit the US and the smaller Japanese cars' better fuel efficiency was another big reason for their new popularity.

HeyLaughingBoy5y ago

One way to look at it is that JIT is about reducing or eliminating "waste." A quality improvement program is also about reducing waste because reworking a bad part is wasted time and effort compared to making the part correctly in the first place.

So it's not that JIT resulted in higher quality, but an emphasis on quality across the board likely lead to JIT being implemented.

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