Why rifle-shot solutions often miss their target when it comes to supply chain improvement
Of the many laws related to Systems Thinking, the diagram below is certainly a reminder that cause and effect in most instances are not closely related in time and space. Forgetting this principle can lead to wasted time and effort working on a supply chain point solution that will only make matters worse with devastating results down the line. In the case above, a supply chain master scheduler made the decision to increase product wheel length to have less transition time a