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Essay / Operational Excellence Test - 1688
7). This shows that the company did not use much inventory management here, as it did not take into account machine breakdowns and therefore could not manage the acquisition of spare parts and only had few spare parts. spare parts on hand, which resulted in lower costs. quality doors. Work-in-process inventory was also not managed properly (ForeFront Manufacturing, p. 9). There was no proper inspection when inventory was transferred between departments and therefore had yield variability. This made storage so difficult that part of the stock was put on public roads. In conclusion, ForeFront's forecasting and inventory management is very inefficient and causes a lot of delay in producing the final good and also increases their production cost since they have to redo some processes.