Operations / Lean
WIP Aging / Dwell
How long the unfinished work on the floor has been sitting there, the age of stuck jobs, which points straight at flow problems and stale inventory.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
The first fork is what you age.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: APICS/ASCM WIP & inventory-aging convention · Lean flow metrics · GAAP lower-of-cost-or-NRV (ASC 330)