As soon as Tasty Coffee Company purchases iPad devices, E-learning will become efficient and effective and this will enable employees to acquire skills using methods that are most convenient to them. Additionally, just-in-time training means that employees will be in a position to learn when they want to learn in order to solve a particular problem at the work place.
This learning is highly motivational because the problem at hand will be solved immediately after its identification by the employee. Additionally, JIT entails acquiring of relevant information followed by a critical thinking which results to development of problem solving skills (Clark & Mayer, 2011)
The areas that need to be improved in the JIT design include marketing and sales, finance and accounts, logistics, procurement and treasury departments. The sales and marketing department could be improved through the use of messages that depict products as unique compared to other products from competitors in the industry (Clark & Mayer, 2011).
Additionally, the feedback from customers regarding the products should be put in consideration in order to improve on the product’s area of weakness. Products and services are also delivered on time because there is no need to travel as both the products and services are displayed online and could be accessed at any time by the customers.
The finance and accounts systems could improve since the systems would have minimal inventories. This could be enhanced by the fact that the application of JIT would enable the company ignore small inventories. Further, it could also allow production of both account and financial statements whenever they are required (Bregg, 2006).
Consequently, JIT could improve efficiency and effectiveness in accounting and finance and this in turn could facilitate accountability. In addition, logistics could be improved by avoiding unnecessary stock which translates to extra storage costs. The procurement department also could embrace JIT to allow the purchase of raw materials needed on time.
Additionally, this could remove unnecessary processes and activities which translates to time wastage in the production. Further, JIT improves quality and supplier’s reliability because they deliver the goods and services exactly when needed by the customers (Clark & Mayer, 2011).
Additionally, raw materials required in the industry are availed to the departments that need them in time. Generally, JIT in logistics aims at perfecting the production process and also on cutting of unnecessary costs in the production process.
The treasury department could be improved through the use of automated systems that are capable of delivering the services on time. This department could work harmoniously with the financial department to make the organization achieve its goals at the stipulated time.
Improvement in sales and marketing department could be through the use of modern advertising such us development of a website in which one posts information concerning the organization (Clark & Mayer, 2011). This may include information about the products, services and sometime the prices of the products manufactured.
The aim of this is to advertise to the customers about the services and products offered by the industry. Finance and accounts could be improved through the use of automated programmes and by avoiding paper work which could be tiresome and time consuming. Further, logistics department could be improved through the building of warehouses that are near the factory so as to fasten the delivery of raw materials.
On the other hand, procurement department could be improved through the improvement of the communication systems with the suppliers which makes delivery of raw materials timely (Bregg, 2006).The treasury department could be improved through the use of modern automated systems that keep track of the cash flow.
References
Bregg. S. M., (2006). Just-in-time Accounting. John Wiley and Sons. Inc., Malaysia.
Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.