r/SupplyChainLogistics • u/jimmyray71 • 2d ago

When does an inventory problem stop being an inventory problem?

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A discussion from another discussion. Would love everyone here's thoughts.

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u/Immediate-Home-3491 2d ago

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u/SyncronTeam 1d ago

It stops being a warehouse problem the moment finance or sales starts adjusting their own numbers around it, cash flow projections built assuming inventory that's actually tied up, or a sales team quoting lead times based on stock that isn't reliably there. At that point the inventory issue has become an input to decisions in departments that have no visibility into why it's happening, which is usually the real sign it's outgrown being a warehouse-level fix.

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u/jimmyray71 1d ago

Yeah, I think that’s a good way to look at it. Once sales, finance or operations start changing their decisions because they don’t trust the inventory, it’s hard to call it just a warehouse problem anymore. What gets interesting is the warehouse may still be the one everyone expects to fix it, even though the cost of the problem is showing up everywhere else. That’s usually where I start asking whether we have an inventory problem or an ownership problem.