A supplier delivers large quantities of inventory to its customer's store, but only charges for the goods as and when they are used. This can be described as...?
A hospital is purchasing a new software product that will advise nurses when to give medications to hospitalised patients. This is a mobile application that will be used on tablets carried by the nurses. The software is being developed and tested by a company that specialises in mobile medical applications. This software will interface with existing hospital software that orders the medications from the pharmacy. Which acceptance test activity will be required to check whether the new software integrates well with current IT system?
In a manufacturing facility, which types of inventory have the lowest value?
1. Finished goods
2. Secondary components
3. Work in progress
4. Raw materials
XYZ Ltd is a major distributor of electrical equipment protection products in the United States. XYZ found that there was a lack of communication between the company and its key supplier, leading to the supplier trying to predict distributor needs and distributor attempting to estimate lead times. Essentially, both the supplier and the distributor have different sets of information, spending time and money trying to predict what the other will do. To deal with this problem, XYZ Ltd decides to implement new inventory management method in which the supplier manage the replenishment of items for sale.Both parties are obliged to share information on variations in demand and stock levels for goods used for or sale. Which inventory management method is XYZ Ltd implementing?