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Infrequent supplies could potentially cause flow disruption.
Goods should flow smoothly through the supply chain for achieving the twin objectives of high product availability and freshness. However, it may not always be possible to match the frequency of supply to frequency of demand.
Whenever there is a mismatch between frequency of supply and demand, we must compensate for it through inventory buffers. Bigger mismatches require higher levels of inventory to avoid stockouts.
One way to reduce inventory in the supply chain while improving on the twin objectives of availability and freshness is to make supplies more frequent.
If you look at your supply chain mapping, you would notice a lot of opportunities to reduce such inventory by improving the supply frequency.
Taking inventory control actions while improving availability and freshness is the right way to go.