Production system Just In Time (JIT) - Just
In Time or often abbreviated as JIT is a production
system that is used to meet customer needs at the right
time in accordance with the amount desired by the
customer. The purpose of the Just In Time (JIT)
production system is to avoid excess quantity / amount
in production (over production), excess inventory
(excess Inventory) and also waste in waiting time. Just
In Time has also been applied to BMW logistics at PT.
Tjahja Sakti Motor (TSM) by means of Inventory
Management method, thus the Stock Level or level of
inventory of raw materials, supporting materials,
components, semi-finished materials (WIP or Work In
Progress), and also finished goods will be maintained at
the level or the most amount minimum. This can help
companies optimize Cash Flow and avoid costs that will
occur due to errors in excess of raw materials and
finished goods, logistics BMW has implemented the
Carset process to overcome the problem. However, in
the process of carset in the area of Commissioning and
Pack Check, there are still frequent shortage parts and
damage parts which are caused by the many processes
of handling parts and sequence parts that are not
organized. This is an indication of the cause of the still
high percentage of damage parts in the provision of the
carset. By doing improvements on the Carset process to
overcome the problems that occur, namely parts
damage, which mean when the process of preparing
parts that are not standard or the arrangement of parts
has not been arranged (Sequence) according to the
arrangement of the use of parts that will be assembled
(Assembled) by production operators based on the
guidebook production line and every terminal or
production post.
Keywords : Kanban, Just in Time, Improvement Supply Carset.