Revenue and time-saving potentials within supply chains

Revenue and time-saving potentials within supply chains 

Imagine it were possible for us to organize and control the discontinuous process stages - e.g. in mechanical engineering - in such a way that they become a continuous process, comparable with process lines in the chemicals industry along the lines of 

The throughput times of all of the aforementioned processes would shrink to a fraction of their original times. Would you want to bet on that  

An example Do you know what percentage of the turnover time of the inventory in your company is actual value-adding time What is your guess  

Now imagine you have accompanied this purchased part through your company with a calendar and stop watch and noted the following times  

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