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Record 1 2014-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

A system in which a company keeps no or very little inventory in storage, simply ordering exactly what it needs to sell and receiving it in a timely manner.

OBS

Zero inventory is the goal of just-in-time inventory management and the two terms are sometimes used to mean the same thing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

En production juste-à-temps, philosophie dont les principes de base sont l'élimination des pertes et la réduction, voire l'élimination des stocks de matières et de produits et les en-cours.

OBS

Les principales caractéristiques de la gestion de production à stock zéro sont le fait d’avoir le bon stock au moment où on en a besoin, de viser un niveau élevé de qualité, de réduire les délais, les files d’attente et la taille des lots.

Spanish

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