Inventory reduction storage, hazardous materials

Similarly, hazardous raw material storage should also be minimized, with greater attention being given to just in time supply. Inventory reduction lowers inventory costs, while increasing inherent safety. In determining appropriate raw material inventories, the entire raw material supply chain must be considered. Will the supplying plant have to increase inventories to provide just in time service, and will... 

What you don t have, can t leak." Small inventories of hazardous materials reduce the consequencies of leaks. Inventories can often be reduced in almost all unit operations as well as storage. This also brings reductions in cost, while less material needs smaller vessels, structures and foundations. 

As with all types of risk reduction program, where possible hazardous chemicals should be replaced with other materials that are inherently less dangerous, inventories should be kept to a minimum and storage tanks should be kept apart from one another and from the processing units. Then, if there is a breach of security, the worst case scenario is not as bad as it might have been. 

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