ABSTRACT

As supply chains have continually gotten bigger and longer, a common problem that we continue to see is poor quality shipped from suppliers. When poor-quality components are shipped from the supplier, the parts often have to be sorted after they have been received into the facility. Then they have to be repacked in their original container or a new container, causing a fair amount of labor to prepare a purchased component for use on the production floor when the component should have been delivered ready to use.