Existing research on the implementation of manufacturing
improvement initiatives supports the idea
there are sequences of improvement initiatives in
manufacturing. According to Roos (1990), it is first
necessary to change employees’ attitudes to quality,
in order to attain a material flow containing only
value adding operations. When non-value adding
operations have been removed can just-in-time be
implemented, by emphasising the group instead of
the individual, through reward systems and quality
circles? Implementing just-in-time also requires the
implementation of techniques such as kanban and
reorganisation of the plant into flow layouts.