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Praise for INVENTORY RECORD ACCURACY"This updated version of Inventory Record Accuracy preserves itshumorous and easy-to-read style. Supply chain practitioners, intraditional or lean manufacturing, will find it a helpful guide.Cleverly outlined, the rigorous yet simple process for both on-handand on-order inventory provides accuracy levels required forreal-time data systems."-Maria Teodorovic, Quality Systems Manager WeyerhaeuserCorporation"Inventory Record Accuracy is truly a practitioner's guide. Thebook's collection of anecdotes provides real-life insight into thepotential challenges of achieving IRA, and the combination of aneasy-to-read text and simple drawings makes this book an easy roadmap to follow on the proven path to higher inventory recordaccuracy."-John Dietz, Director, Manufacturing Resource Planning LockheedMartin Space Systems"Brooks and Wilson are the experts on inventory record accuracy.Inventory Record Accuracy goes right to the core of the issueswithout a lot of soft-soaping. Every materials manager, stockroommanager, and cycle counting supervisor should have a copy withinarm's reach."-Adrian R. Barrett, 6 Sigma Master Black Belt Caterpillar,Inc."Excellent coverage of a fundamentally important topic. By far, thebest book on the subject I've ever read. The three-phase approachto inventory record accuracy should be required reading for allmanufacturing managers."-Edward W. Davis, Professor of Business AdministrationThe DardenSchool, University of Virginia
Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction xvChapter 1 The Company Bank 1Chapter 2 Tolerances and Measures of Accuracy 9Chapter 3 The Three-Phase Approach to Inventory Record Accuracy 29Chapter 4 Phase I--Design and Preparation: Getting the System Right 35Chapter 5 Phase I--Design and Preparation: The Physical Stockroom 61Chapter 6 Phase II: Establishing Initial Balances 93Chapter 7 Phase III: Cycle Counting 109Chapter 8 Inventory Record Accuracy in a Lean Environment 143Chapter 9 Accountability 163Chapter 10 Looking Back and Looking Forward 171Glossary 175Index 179