260 ◾ New JIT, New Management Technology Principle
With this in mind, this section focuses on the strategic deployment of the
Advanced TPS, Strategic Production Management Model (Amasaka, 2002,
2007a,b). A core technology of this model is the TPS of New JIT, an innovative
management technology principle that surpasses conventional JIT practices (refer
to Section 8.1). With a concrete target, Amasaka and Sakai (2009a) have proposed
a New Japan Global Production Model (NJ-GPM) to enable the strategic deploy-
ment of Advanced TPS. e aim of this model is to realize a highly reliable pro-
duction system suitable for global production by reviewing the production process
from production planning and preparation through production itself and proce