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J Terms
Jack Welch
See: Welch, Jack
Jeffrey K. Liker
See: Liker, Jeffrey K.
Jeffrey T. Hajek
See: Hajek, Jeffrey T.
Jidoka
Jidoka is often translated as 'autonomation', or automation with a human touch.
Job Descriptions
Job descriptions exist for nearly every position in nearly every company. They outline the overview of the job, responsibilities, work activities.
Job Rotation
Job rotation is an important concept in Lean. Simply put, it is the act of periodically moving people around to different tasks, accounts, or workstations.
Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction is a relatively simple concept. You have expectations about your work. When those expectations are met you are satisfied.
Job Security
Job security is the feeling of safety that one’s job will be there in the future.
Job Shop
A job shop is a flexible production operation that builds to order. They specialize in (but are not limited to) low volume, high-mix work.
John Shook
See: Shook, John
Jones, Daniel T.
Daniel T. Jones is one of the pioneers in Lean thinking. He co-authored The Machine That Changed the World and Lean Thinking.
Joseph M. Juran
See: Juran, Joseph M.
Juran (Formerly Juran Institute)
Juran, formerly the Juran Institute, was founded by Joseph Juran in 1979.
Juran, Joseph M.
Dr. Joseph M. Juran (December 24, 1904 – February 28, 2008) is well known for his work in managing to produce better quality, specifically in post-World War II Japan.
Just-In-Case Manufacturing
Just-in-case is a play on words of just-in-time manufacturing. Contingencies are one of the main reasons why people do many of the non-Lean activities that hurt an organization.
Just-In-Time Manufacturing
Just-in-time manufacturing is the method of producing products with only a minimal amount of raw material and component parts on hand.