Make supplier as just in time supplier – through a case study

Abstract

Most of the Small and mid size organizations are doing this Supplier Development Program in which suppliers receive an award for a certain level of quality and on-time delivery. This paper explains the importance and the effect of imparting and developing the suppliers in similar to the technology, tools/ principle/methodology used or followed in OEM and make the supplier as Lean Supplier / Just-in-time Supplier through a case study in a supplier firm of a leading Automobile industry in India.