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INVENTORY-MANAGEMENT5 MIN READ

Walk the make-or-stock promise

Align demand, supply, inventory, and customer promise during a spike.

The messy exception Walk the make-or-stock promise appears in the daily review with service, cash, and ownership implications. A rushed decision can either hide the root cause or overcorrect the inventory position. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Use the framework to move from symptom to evidence, then from evidence to a controlled action. Every branch should change the consequence: service risk, cash risk, flow delay, or recurrence control. Reflex Change stock first, explain later A decision that converges on action and learning Frame Node 1 The issue is visible but the cause is not yet clear. What is the first…

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