Originally Posted by
David7
I assume that BA got hit with some sort of supply issue and is now looking for a new supplier / waiting for the old supplier to lower prices to the old level. The definition of safety stock is that it is enough stock to keep them afloat with premium champagne until they find a suitable alternative or another supplier. So either BA kept no/too little safety stock or they don’t care about a 3 week service disruption with respect to the champagne. In my optimistic point of view I just assumed the former.
My work life, in part, is about safety stock and ensuring enough stock is available for sale/consumption at the right time. Having safety stock in place to cover ever eventuality would put me very quickly out of business - there is a limit to what safety stock can achieve. Unless you expect BA to have a warehouse dedicated only to LPGS containing multiple turns of stock available?
(And in no way I am a BA 'apologist', I'm only trying to bring some reality into the discussion
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