The 2005 Assembly Plant of the Year owes some of its success to an efficient supply chain system. The Xerox Worldwide Production Systems Manufacturing Plant (Webster, NY) has focused its efforts on improving just in time delivery and reducing time to market. Over the past 3 years, the plant has achieved a 22 percent decrease in days of total inventory.
Raw materials and components are either moved directly to point of use as received, or warehoused for subsequent replenishment. Kitting of materials, vendor pack or kanban are used for line replenishment. Vendor managed inventory is used for packaging material and hardware. Finished goods and products are packaged for final customer shipments.