Coach an Analyst on Why “More Inventory” Is Not a Root-Cause Fix
Coach someone to distinguish protective safety stock from excess created by weak lead-time and demand discipline.
Ava A Supply planning analyst The proposal Ava suggests adding 20 percent safety stock to an entire category after a month of noisy orders and a few late receipts. If the category gets buffered blindly, cash rises and the actual causes remain untouched. +20% proposed stock increase category-wide same fix for every SKU mixed recent noise sources Ask what risk the stock is solving Blanket stock increases usually mix real protection with hidden planning defects. Coaching should separate those two. Bad shortcut Approve the buffer because it sounds prudent. The analyst learns to design inventory instead of spreading it. Inventory…
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