title: JIT II: the ultimate customer-supplier partnership.
abstract: JIT II, conceived and implemented by the Bose Corporation in 1987, is currently being reviewed and tried in other U.S. companies, possibly because it fits well with two cutting-edge concepts, partnering and concurrent reengineering. This article presents a brief introduction to JIT II, lists the benefits that Bose has been able to obtain by implementing it, and indicates where it can be used to best effect.
authors.affiliation: Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007445:Inventories, Hospital; D014186:Transportation; D014481:United States