----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yep. It's SOP for Japanese companies (and many smart non-Japanese > companies). It's called the Kanban system. I saw it in action in > detail on a tour of a Dunlop tire factory a few years after the > company was bought by the Japanese. It depends greatly on being able > to quickly change production lines from one product to another, but in > return you get to minimize your inventory of both raw material/parts > *and* finished product. All parts assemblies on my 645n has a date printed on them; the body covers, the circuitry boards, the chassis etc. All dates are within two weeks of each other; most within days. It is obvious that the subcontractors manufactures the parts as close as possible to Pentax assembly date. Pål -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
