What are the three phases in the inventory management cycle?

Answer 1

Raw Material, Work in Process, Finished Goods.

Answer 2

Component Part, Subassembly, Finished Assembly.

Answer 3

Active, Passive, Obsolete.

Answer 4

Don’t know

Answer 5

Apply LEAN manufacturing principles.

Answer 6

Use preferred suppliers and fixed priced contracting.

Answer 7

Use ERP scheduling programs.

Answer 8

Don’t know

Answer 9

Never, when finished goods inventory is shipped to the customer it is recorded as a sale and is not carried as an asset on the Balance Sheet.

Answer 10

It is carried on the company’s Balance Sheet if it is still owned by the company but pre-positioned at the customer for their instant use when they need it.

Answer 11

It is carried on the Balance Sheet of the company if it is a new product and the company has not yet done a formal market launch.

Answer 12

Don’t know

What are the three phases in the inventory management cycle?

What is the best technique for optimizing the amount of Work in Process inventory?

Under what conditions would finished goods inventory that have been shipped to a customer still be carried as an asset on the company’s Balance Sheet?