BeltIn, Inc., is a seat belt manufacturer about 8 miles from two major auto assembly plants. Every two hours, BeltIn delivers seatbelts to each of the plants. The assembly plants only accept the number of seatbelts that they will use in cars during the next two hours after delivery. The auto plants embrace lean manufacturing.

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Firms that practice lean manufacturing typically carry very limited amounts of inventory. They only accept delivery and add to their inventory the amount of raw materials or parts that they can use in the immediate future.