It is true that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand, but in Burton's case it indicates no such thing.

的确，成品库存的增加往往表明生产超出了需求，但在伯顿的案例中，这并没有说明这一点。

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When you're finished listing your inventory, you simply publish the spreadsheet as a web page.

完成存货列表之后，你只需以网页形式将电子表格发布即可。

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Prior to TOC, manufacturers would clog up their factories and warehouses with excess part inventory to bring the unit cost of parts (and therefore finished goods) down.

在TOC 之前，制造商为了降低单个部件的成本（从而降低成品的成本），他们的工厂和仓库堆满了过量的库存。

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Multiple factors could affect revenue loss, including the amount of finished goods inventory available, extent of the damage to the building and the equipment, the length of time for operations to resume back to full production.

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Meanwhile, with the inventory of finished lots dwindling, investors are beginning to bid up raw land, as well.

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Reverse logistics means controlling the flow of material, inventory and finished goods from point of consumption to point of origin, for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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