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Software Development/Manufacturing (and Factorio) = Inventory is bad 

Wikipedia:

"the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goals to have a purpose of resale"

My generalisation:

"Finished Products or Components not generating value"

Either developed features or stages of development not yet in the hands of consumers

Waterfall:

Requirement → Design → Build → Test → Release

Agile:

Grooming → Sprint → Release

Shorter release cycles decrease the inventory of a software development team

Asset

In terms of financial reporting inventory is listed as an Asset on the Balance Sheet
because it represents a value

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Liability

• Will you be able to resell at full value?
• Cost of maintaining inventory?
• Relevance of product over time?
• Customer feedback?

Value

Value is generated when a consumer is using the product

Physical:

Christmas decorations → Demand in December. Production all year

Difference between graphs is Inventory

Software:

Annual release → Demand all year, but only released annually → Extra releases...

A key argument of maintaining buffers/inventory is to equalise the production over time by compensating for fluctuations.fluctuations → hiding 

• Delay value generation
• Hiding the cause of the variation
• Delay feedback and extends feedback loop

The Toyota Way:https://www.audible.com/pd/Business/The-Toyota-Way-Audiobook/B002V0RD3Y?ref=a_a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=P2SYC06V43X7W22ZZXGA& by Jeffrey Liker

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