"inventory" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The era of "just-in-time" inventories, in which everyone from manufacturers to retailers kept as little inventory on hand as possible, may be coming to an end.
- That could leave companies like automobile manufacturers that rely on so called just-in-time inventories with a crimp in their supply lines.
- It would severely affect those companies that depend on just-in-time inventory.
- But by now, the terms of Japan's production techniques - just-in-time inventories, zero defects and continuous improvement - are familiar to American manufacturers.
- Many American retailers have adopted "just-in-time" inventory controls to improve efficiencies and reduce costly inventories.
- Energy officials said they plan to study the use by oil companies of just-in-time inventories, the practice of keeping only enough supplies on hand to meet anticipated needs.
- The shipyard also introduced a modified form of the Japanese innovation called just-in-time inventory, which relies on streamlined delivery of parts to cut down on storage costs.
- "The real value is just-in-time inventory," Dr. Hamilton said.
- He studied the Toyota Corporation's "just-in-time" inventory control and adapted it to Alcoa.
- "For example, the preference for just-in-time inventory could turn into just-in-case, and we could see an inventory buildup," he said.
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