CASE STUDY: JUST IN TIME INVENTORY Fortune 500 Manufacturer uses Just in Time Supplies to Reduce Inventory and Warehouse Space THE SITUATION: A fortune 500 manufacturer wanted to grow their business by adding additional production lines but was unable to do so because of the limited space due to high inventory levels. In addition to the lack of space, the manufacturer discovered that there were numerous steps being taken to pull the labels from inventory, document multiple sets of data based on the batch, and to return them to inventory. ? Inventory reduction was required. ? Warehouse space was needed for additional production lines. ? Too much time being spent to pull, document and return inventory. ? Frequent design changes were causing obsolete inventory to

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