Use Cost of Delay Without Fake Precision

Priority improves when delay cost is named, even approximately. The teach Cost of delay makes priority a comparison of economic consequences, not sponsor volume. Cost of delay does not require pretending you know the exact dollar value of every day. It asks the team to reason about what worsens if the item waits: lost revenue, regulatory exposure, customer trust, learning delay, or opportunity window. In Kanban replenishment, that reasoning should be paired with readiness and capacity. The strongest move is to compare delay patterns openly and name the tradeoff. This reduces priority theater and gives stakeholders a shared language for…

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