Having worked with hundreds of manufacturing organizations over the last 30 years, it has never ceased to amaze me that inventory control is still the number-one concern. It can be a real issue even for those people who have “mastered” enterprise resources planning (ERP) and moved on to supply chain management (SCM), advanced planning and scheduling (APS), lean manufacturing, and other sophisticated pursuits. Inventory control is the Rodney Dangerfield of operations management: It gets no respect. Click Here to Read the Full Article
The Truth About Your Inventory
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