The road to a perfect factory: Continuous flow manufacturing

• Autores: Perry Holt
• Localización: Input: revista divulgativa de tecnologies d'informació i gestió de recursos de l'Escola d'Enginyeria la Salle (EUETT-ETTSEI), ISSN 1134-3281, Nº. 13, 1997, págs. 33-34
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In an era when global competition makes raising prices difficult and just when companies need cash flow to expand, invest in new technologies, and pay down debt, this newly articulated discipline represents a managerial tool for the future.

    Inventories, raw material, work-in-progress, finished goods, and company receivables, all constitute what is called working capital. On average most companies use around 20% of working capital in total sales to keep the engine running. This figure doesn't have to be 20%, in fact it doesn't even have to exist at all!! Like all capital, working capital costs money, so reducing it yields savings.