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Work-in-process Inventory Reduction

Work-In-Process Inventory Reduction is a lean operations management strategy aimed at minimizing the volume of partially completed goods in production by streamlining manufacturing workflows, reducing cycle times, and eliminating bottlenecks, thereby enhancing process efficiency and reducing holding costs specific to in-process inventories.

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6.2K

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243

Authors

144

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2017–2026

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Publications

105

The production performance benefits from JIT implementation

Rosemary Fullerton, Cheryl S. McWatters · Journal of Operations Management · 2000 · 407 citations

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What Actually Happened to the Inventories of American Companies Between 1981 and 2000?

Hong Chen, Murray Z. Frank, Owen Q. Wu · Management Science · 2005 · 405 citations

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Mathematical Programming Approaches to Capacity-Constrained MRP Systems: Review, Formulation and Problem Reduction

Peter J. Billington, John O. McClain · Management Science · 1983 · 396 citations

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The Role of Work-in-Process Inventory in Serial Production Lines

Richard Conway, William Maxwell, John O. McClain et al. · Operations Research · 1988 · 364 citations

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Production Flow Analysis through Value Stream Mapping: A Lean Manufacturing Process Case Study

A.R. Rahani, Muhammad al-Ashraf · Procedia Engineering · 2012 · 293 citations · Full text

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Authors

243

  1. SX
    Sherman X. Bai

    University of Florida, United States

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  2. JO
    John O. McClain

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 860 citations

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  3. SB
    Stanley B. Gershwin

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  4. LD
    Lieven Demeester

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 209 citations

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  5. WM
    William Maxwell

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 465 citations

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Institutions

144

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    213 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    94 citations

  6. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  8. Guru Nanak Dev University

    Amritsar, India

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    206 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Production Research

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  2. IIE Transactions

    9 publications · 264 citations

    9

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  3. Management Science

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

    7

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  4. European Journal of Operational Research

    5 publications · 173 citations

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  5. Operations Research

    3 publications · 626 citations

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