
23
Chapter 4
Innovation of
Manufacturing
Fundamentals
Surpassing JIT
Global manufacturing is currently facing two major transformations. e rst is
the shortened life cycle of products due to the diversication and sophistication
of customers’ needs. Because of this, manufacturers need to realize the shortest
lead time possible in cooperation with their suppliers from the product develop-
ment stage, through to manufacturing, and nally to sales, so that they are able
to respond to this change. Second, it has been deemed essential to create a new
administrative management technology necessary for the deployment of global
production, worldwide u ...