The Northwest forest products industry has been under severe economic pressure for the past several years. Many Northwest forest products companies have gone out of business entirely and others have closed portions of their operations. This monograph describes how one company has instituted a productivity improvement program to reduce its...
This monograph provides information to companies in the forest products industry about the process of implementing a Just-In-Time (JIT) management system, including JIT purchasing and JIT manufacturing. In addition, this monograph illustrates the impact of JIT on organizational accounting and productivity. Many authors have suggested that today's globally competitive marketplace...
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