Pipeline Inventory
Inventory Management
Pipeline Inventory
Inventory currently moving or waiting within the supply chain between source and destination.
Examples
- 01Containers on a 6-week sea voyage from Asia hold EUR 2 million of pipeline inventory that the company already owns.
- 02The material planner reviews pipeline inventory together with stock on hand to avoid ordering more than needed.
- 03Moving the high-volume housing to a supplier in Poland cuts pipeline inventory by EUR 400,000, because goods spend 3 days on the road instead of 6 weeks at sea.