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Inventory became evil decades ago. “Just In Time” logistics became the norm instead of having warehoused inventory on hand. The beancounters all decided inventory was money that was sitting around not doing anything and maintaining the warehouse space cost more too. Can’t have those costs on the balance sheet. So speed in receiving smaller shipments more often is now the norm, along with ordering when you need them instead of ordering ahead of time, because some beancounter isn’t gonna be happy about extra inventory.
as these tariffs start kicking in, companies are really going to regret not having local inventory.
Worked in two factories since Covid. The first stockpiled components we produced in house, and relied in JIT logistics for external components. Which was basically the stupidest arrangement they could have cone up with. They had 10+ years worth of parts they could make in house, clogging up their warehouse. And couldn't ship anything because they were waiting on suppliers.
The other built two new warehouses to stockpile external supplies, and never let up on production.
Honestly, in that case it's not even an inventory thing, just plan on ordering a couple days earlier and go for the longer slower shipping method so it ends up arriving on the same day. You don't have to warehouse it any longer than if you ordered it later with faster shipping, and you save a decent chunk of cash.
It's always the fucking accountants.