Manufacturers that use just-in-time manufacturing systems coordinate closely with suppliers to ensure that materials and supplies arrive just before they are needed in the manufacturing process. While just-in-time systems can offer major advantages in terms of inventory costs, they must be carefully managed. If a firm found that its just-in-time system was badly managed, leading to frequent manufacturing delays due to missing parts, this would represent a(n)________ in a SWOT analysis.
A)weakness
B)opportunity
C)threat
D)strength
E)metric

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The badly managed just-in-time system resulting in frequent manufacturing delays due to missing parts represents a weakness in the SWOT analysis.

Manufacturers That Use Just-In-Time Manufacturing Systems Coordinate Closely with Suppliers