Inventory can be classified into three major categories: raw materials, work in process and finished goods. Work in process (WIP) inventory consists of goods that have begun but not yet completed ...

A buffer can be simply defined as something that serves as a protective barrier. Let’s see how this might apply in the context of technology and computing as well as manufacturing. In the context of ...

For a manufacturing company, work in progress is created when items are part-way through the production process. WIP usually consists of three elements -- raw materials, direct labor and applied ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The work-in-process (WIP) schedule is one of the most ...

This article was originally published by RFID Update. September 7, 2007—To keep quality from going down the tubes, Tejas Tubular Products uses passive RFID tags to route its work-in-process (WIP) to ...

More than a third of the businesses using RFID are doing so to improve the cost, safety and reliability of managing work-in-process (WIP), according to a study released by the Aberdeen Group, a market ...