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Imagine your favourite agile cricketer putting on 10-20 kg extra weight!
Several cricketers in the Indian team are known for their agility. Their bodies are in shape to support agile performance on the field. Imagine how they would play if they put on 10-20 kg of extra weight.
The story is similar with Agile Supply Chains. Companies take efforts to keep their supply chains agile through high degree of flexibility and responsiveness in their operations. Surplus inventory in the system can kill this agility and result in stockouts.
The single biggest reason for stockouts in a well-designed agile supply chain is surplus inventory at various nodes.
Be careful…