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semi-finished product; work in progress; intermediate product
A product that has gone through some stages of manufacturing but is not yet a finished good ready for sale. It may be sold to another manufacturer for further processing or stored as inventory.
A compound of 半 (half, semi-) and 製品 (manufactured product). Used in manufacturing, accounting, and supply chain contexts. In accounting, semi-finished goods are classified as inventory.
Common collocations
- 半製品の在庫: semi-finished product inventory
- 半製品を加工する: to process semi-finished products
- 半製品倉庫: semi-finished product warehouse
- 半製品の段階: semi-finished stage