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Many companies find themselves with too much work-in-process. The disadvantages of high levels of WIP are numerous. Two major disadvantages of high WIP levels that are difficult to economically evaluate are not being able to respond to demand changes quickly and the potential to build a considerable quantity of poor quality stock before realizing that there is a quality problem. To help control inventory within production and manufacturing facilities, WIP limiting production procedures are frequently used.
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Curry, G.L., Feldman, R.M. (2011). WIP Limiting Control Strategies. In: Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16618-1_8
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