{"id":1258,"date":"2018-05-15T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T11:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2023-01-25T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T10:46:31","slug":"manufacturing-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/manufacturing-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Ways to Reduce Manufacturing Inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is your attitude toward manufacturing inventory? Well, that could depend on your position within the organization. For instance, the production supervisor views inventory as a safeguard against everything that can go wrong during manufacturing, and your accountant looks at it as an asset that has value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On the other side, your controller sees manufacturing inventory as a liability, or more accurately, a disadvantage since it ties up working capital that could be needed in the short-term. And, depending on the type of manufacturing you do, your financial people could fear you\u2019ll be stuck with excess inventory if the nature of your business turns in a different direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no matter which side of the equation they happen to fall on, everyone can agree that inventory is costly, and it makes good business sense to employ certain strategies to reduce it and help your company remain competitive and profitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are ten suggestions to consider. Not all of them will apply to your business, but even if you employ a few of them, they can help you reduce your operating costs substantially:
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