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Book SynopsisPraise for INVENTORY RECORD ACCURACY
This updated version of Inventory Record Accuracy preserves its humorous and easy-to-read style. Supply chain practitioners, in traditional or lean manufacturing, will find it a helpful guide. Cleverly outlined, the rigorous yet simple process for both on-hand and on-order inventory provides accuracy levels required for real-time data systems.
-Maria Teodorovic, Quality Systems Manager Weyerhaeuser Corporation
Inventory Record Accuracy is truly a practitioner''s guide. The book''s collection of anecdotes provides real-life insight into the potential challenges of achieving IRA, and the combination of an easy-to-read text and simple drawings makes this book an easy road map to follow on the proven path to higher inventory record accuracy.
-John Dietz, Director, Manufacturing Resource Planning Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Brooks and Wilson are the experts on inventory record accuracy. Inventory Recor
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 The Company Bank 1
Chapter 2 Tolerances and Measures of Accuracy 9
Chapter 3 The Three-Phase Approach to Inventory Record Accuracy 29
Chapter 4 Phase I—Design and Preparation: Getting the System Right 35
Chapter 5 Phase I—Design and Preparation: The Physical Stockroom 61
Chapter 6 Phase II: Establishing Initial Balances 93
Chapter 7 Phase III: Cycle Counting 109
Chapter 8 Inventory Record Accuracy in a Lean Environment 143
Chapter 9 Accountability 163
Chapter 10 Looking Back and Looking Forward 171
Glossary 175
Index 179
