Loose Leaf for Operations and Supply Chain Management
Loose Leaf for Operations and Supply Chain Management
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781260152562
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 1DQ
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To determine: Whether it is possible to achieve zero inventories.

Inventory management: Inventory management is the method of ordering, storing, and utilizing a company’s inventory.

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Determine whether it is possible to achieve zero inventories:

Zero inventory is the challenging goal for most of the organizations. As there is always a time between the requisition of good and the actual delivery, inventories would always exist. The goal of achieving zero inventories help to understand the concept of lean and it is a reference point to remember the improvement process that is on-going.

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