Inventory can be classified into three major categories: raw materials, work in process and finished goods. Work in process (WIP) inventory consists of goods that have begun but not yet completed ...

Your business inventory consists of your stock, the goods that you offer for sale and any other materials you need to run your businesses. Maintaining an appropriate inventory is crucial to the ...

I recently read an article that drove me crazy. In discussing “work-in-process” it talked about “pull systems” and how they are essential to lean success. It also discussed that pull systems are ...

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Recyclers are constantly taking in material, processing it and selling it. Therefore, knowing what material is available at any given time throughout the day and what it is worth can be a major ...

Once upon a time there was a little shop that was bursting at the seams with so much work-in-process (WIP) inventory that the warehouse seemed to become a black hole that swallowed things and didn’t ...