How will the risk management impact the success of just-in-time implementation?

Abstract

ABSTRACT JIT implementation already reduces wastes and total costs, however leads to complexity and risks. One of the most important tasks of top management is to recognize and address critical risks in JIT implementation. The main objective of this study is to illustrate the results of a survey applied to 100 firms in the Moroccan automotive industry which aims at investigate the activities related to risk management in JIT implementation and their relation with critical success factors (CSFs) or the key activities deployed during JIT implementation and the benefits obtained from JIT adoption. The research model was evaluated using the structural equations modeling (SEM). The results clearly shows that risk management construct is linked to the communication that exists between the company’s various governance levels, and that risk treatment is one of the most important factors for the successful JIT implementation, and that other factors, depend upon it.