Just in time Just in sequence

摘要

Manufacturing to a just-in-sequence shipping schedule is a juggling act, a really complex one. And it's more complicated than simpler, just-in-time practices. Just ask the executives at Modine Manufacturing Company who oversee its Toledo, Ohio assembly plant. Their facility produces engine-cooling modules for DaimlerChrysler's Jeep Liberty vehicle assembly plant, also in Toledo. Modine supplies modules in response to live line broadcast orders. Every 72 seconds a broadcast signal goes out in real time to Modine. That signal is sent just as the next, work-in-process Jeep Liberty emerges from the paint shop, ready to move further through assembly. The signal determines the next cooling module required for delivery in sequence within 5 hours to the assembly line.