Principle 3. Use "pull" systems to avoid overproduction. Provide your downline customers in the production process with what they want, when they want it, and in the amount they want. Material replenishment initiated by consumption is the basic principle of just-in-time. Minimize your work in process and warehousing of inventory by stocking small amounts of each product and frequently restocking based on what the customer actually takes away. Be responsive to the day-by-day shifts in customer demand rather than relying on computer schedules and systems to track wasteful
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