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Cutting lead times actually accelerates the business.
Businesses should aggressively cut lead times in all parts of their supply chain – procurement, production, distribution. Every time we cut the lead time, we can improve customer service levels, offer fresher products to consumers, and manage with lower inventory.
Why is it that businesses have not focused on this important dimension of performance improvement? It stems from the mindset that faster lead times are nothing but expediting, which comes at an additional cost. Nothing could be farther from truth.
The way to cut lead times is by simplifying the process of fulfilment, improving transparency between nodes and overcoming inertia. Each of these actions actually reduces cost of operation and makes working less tedious for the team members.
Testing it out in any one operation will help in convincing the team.