Just-in-time for supply chains in turbulent times

Thomas Y. Choi; Torbjørn H. Netland; Nada Sanders; Man Mohan S. Sodhi; Stephan M. Wagner

doi:10.1111/poms.13979

Just-in-time for supply chains in turbulent times

Thomas Y. Choi, Torbjørn H. Netland, Nada Sanders, Man Mohan S. Sodhi, Stephan M. Wagner

Supply Chain Management

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The Covid-19 pandemic and other recent disruptions in the early 2020s led to sections in the business press blaming just-in-time (JIT) practices for operational failings. Consequently, there are calls for moving away from JIT toward holding more inventory as preparation against future disruptions, which is referred to as just-in-case. The academic community is also divided. Some scholars argue that JIT is not resilient, while others maintain that JIT can continue providing superior performance even with disruptions. Motivated by this debate, we discuss various misconceptions about JIT that underlie this debate. Furthermore, we present different ways to adapt JIT for turbulent environments and argue that companies can improve their supply chain performance if JIT supply chain segments are chosen fittingly—even more so—during disruptions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2331-2340
Number of pages	10
Journal	Production and Operations Management
Volume	32
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13979
State	Published - Jul 2023

Keywords

JIT
disruptions
inventory
just-in-time
supply chain resilience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management Science and Operations Research
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Management of Technology and Innovation

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