Stranger

Stranger are those products that are the miscellaneous items that are being produced within the plant as one-off items or have a very low-volume or infrequent (once per year) demand pattern. These items are usually best managed through MRP and can be segregated from the rest of the factory.

Definitions

According to the Lean Manufacturing by Feld,

Stranger. These products are the miscellaneous items that are being produced within the plant as one-off items or have a very low-volume or infrequent (once per year) demand pattern. These items are usually best managed through MRP and can be segregated from the rest of the factory.