title: Inventory accuracy in 60 days!
abstract: Despite great advances in manufacturing technology and management science, thousands of organizations still don't have a handle on basic inventory accuracy. Many companies don't even measure it properly, or at all, and lack corrective action programs to improve it. This article offers an approach that has proven successful a number of times, when companies were quite serious about making improvements. Not only can it be implemented, but also it can likely be implemented within 60 days per area, if properly managed. The hardest part is selling people on the need to improve and then keeping them motivated. The net cost of such a program? Probably less than nothing, since the benefits gained usually far exceed the costs. Improved inventory accuracy can aid in enhancing customer service, determining purchasing and manufacturing priorities, reducing operating costs, and increasing the accuracy of financial records. This article also addresses the gap in contemporary literature regarding accuracy program features for repetitive, JIT, cellular, and process- and project-oriented environments.
authors.affiliation: PROACTION, Agoura Hills, CA, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011786:Quality Control; D013597:Systems Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States