A WIP-challenged Industry --Dickeson

Here's the best part of all. We start measuring MHP (Materials Hours in Process). That's what we're really concerned with for increasing efficiency and effectiveness. How fast are we moving direct materials dollars through production? Where are the bottlenecks—the constraints on materials speed? Suddenly we're mainstreaming again, with TOC, JIT, TQM, WOW, Six Sigma and. . . you name it.