I’m not sure that JIT is any less green than old fashioned methods? Could you say why you think so, Barry?
JIT requires components to make many journeys (some long) before final assembly. Surely a more localised supply chain would eliminate this?
I think the days of rampant moneymaking may have peaked although business will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the new era.
I think you might be mistaken in thinking that JIT somehow requires components to make many journeys. In fact they would have to make the same number of journeys as in a traditional situation, as this is governed by the location of facilities.
In fact JIT promotes the relocation of facilities next to the assembly factory, so the influence is to be ‘greener’. Manufacturers adopt JIT because it reduces waste in the system and thus uses fewer resources and is inherently greener.
Kawasaki operates a system where part loads of differing components are collected on a single lorry so that smaller batch sizes do not incur additional transport costs, I presume they all do this where necessary.
