Inventory Reduction and Productivity Growth: Linkages in the Japanese Automotive Industry

• Main Authors: LIEBERMAN, Marvin B., DEMEESTER, Lieven
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: Automobile manufacture; Automotive industry; Just in time production; Personnel; Productivity; Inventory control; Japan; Business; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1062; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2061/viewcontent/InventoryReductionProductivityGrowthJapan_1999.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The literature on JIT production suggests a causal link between work-in-progress inventory and manufacturing productivity. Such a connection has been described in numerous case studies but never tested statistically. Historical data for 52 Japanese automotive companies are used to evaluate the inven...