1. Producing inventory that is not needed relative to current sales demand to increase reported operating profits
2. Avoiding the adoption of innovative production and inventory management methods because of short-run negative effects on profits
3. Blaming suppliers for inventory problems that are, in actuality, artifacts of in-house inventory management mistakes
4. Failing to write-down obsolete or spoiled inventory as soon as information regarding these conditions becomes known
5. Using coercion to force suppliers to yield price concessions so that the cost of manufacturing a product is kept in line with the product’s market price
6. Using the adoption of evolving production and inventory management methods as a justification to dismiss workers