“Now,” Leo continued, “what if the river suddenly surges to 300 units per hour for three days, but the reservoir can still only drain at 100? The water doesn’t disappear. It backs up. It finds weak spots. Those weak spots—where inventory piles up on receiving docks, in quality-check lanes, on staging pallets—are in the inflow process.”
Leo pulled up a diagram. “Imagine a river feeding a reservoir. The reservoir is our storage racks. The river is our inbound trucks. Normally, the river flows at 100 units per hour, and the reservoir drains at 100 units per hour—smooth, steady.” inflow inventory crack
Marta felt the familiar ache behind her eyes. “So an inflow inventory crack isn’t a shortage. It’s a velocity failure .” “Now,” Leo continued, “what if the river suddenly
“We’re not short on product,” she muttered, tapping the screen. “We’re choking on it.” It finds weak spots
She walked onto the floor. There it was: a wall of pallets stretching 50 feet down the receiving lane. Forklifts honked, trapped. A temporary worker sat on a overturned tote, waiting for direction. Above them, a digital clock displayed “Hours Since Last On-Time Put-Away: 29.”