Does anything beat doing nothing

Experience at more than 180 generating stations (including one-fourth of the commercially operating nuclear stations) with a total of more than $1 billion of inventory has shown that 40% of the on-hand inventory value is in excess of the amount required to meet availability objectives. The methodology for determining these proper stocking quantities was the subject of a previous paper. This paper addresses a process for determining the most economical course of action to accelerate the reduction of excess stocks.