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WIP management solutions range from small, highly focused measures like as inventory management to extensive, end-to-end projects incorporating system linkages and process automation. The ultimate goals of any of these solutions are to keep WIP flowing efficiently, eliminate unnecessary inventory accumulation, and support several production objectives at the same time. While narrow-scope solutions yield efficiency and benefits, WIP management strategies that provide insight throughout the whole supply chain yield the best outcomes. 

A comprehensive approach to WIP management entails multiple layers of well-integrated business IT solutions to achieve end-to-end visibility of core business processes such as production, procurement, and distribution, as well as insights into business resources such as cash, raw materials, production capacity, customer orders, purchase orders, and human resources. This structure often contains an ERP, a manufacturing execution system (MES), and a shop floor system that includes physical equipment, materials, and resources, as well as an integration layer for each structural element. 

Furthermore, a "digital backbone" should be added to the system landscape to promote connectivity between systems, equipment, and automated production control systems that support WIP-related data collecting, analytics, and reporting. 

What exactly is Automated Work in Progress Management? 

Automated WIP management is the outcome of transforming human WIP management activities and knowledge into system-performed actions and decisions. In order to provide a fully-automated WIP management strategy on the shop floor, WIP management automation is designed to account for WIP flow control techniques and principles while simultaneously accommodating the majority of process circumstances. 

WIP flow control should ideally use only one of two strategies: pull or push. The pull strategy evaluates tools first and determines which material to process next at a specific tool. The push strategy evaluates material first and then identifies a tool for processing that material. In practice, however, producers often employ a combination of pull and push techniques. 

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