Week 15 - JIT after a Catastrophe Case Analysis

1. If you are Mr. Folley, looking over the devastation at the Oxford plant, what do you do to keep Caterpillar’s worldwide production running?
2. Given the inherent risk in JIT and the trauma that the companies have experienced, why has JIT survived?
3. What do these experiences, and the continuing popularity of JIT, tell you about just-in-time?
4. What actions or changes in policy do you suggest for Caterpillar?

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