Riverside Fashions is typical of many clothing manufacturers. It operates with a lot of inventory and pays its workers according to a piece rate system to assure high productivity. In class we will look at methodologies that allow for smaller inventories while maintaining high productivity. To prepare for our class discussion, the following questions explore the causes and impact of the current high level of inventory at Riverside.

A. Draw a rough process flow diagram for Riverside.

Case: https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/donald.eisenstein/research/riversideCase.pdf