MAJOR TRENDS IN REALISING EXPORT POTENTIAL OF NATIONAL MACHINE BUILDING ENTERPRISES
The article analyzes connection between product launch party sizes at the industrial plant and inventory levels of work in progress. The author proposes to consider the changeover times of equipment as a factor influencing the volume of work in progress. The article contains the theoretical calculation of the effect of reducing changeover times of equipment. In the scientific work carried out grouping factors reducing changeover times of equipment and presents statistical results of the study reflecting the impact of each factor. The article presents a sequence of actions to optimize the process changeover. The author derived a formula for calculating the reduction in inventory levels by reducing changeover times of equipment.