Which one of the six functions of inventory do you think is the most difficult for an organization to manage or to attain?
• Maintain independence of operations,
• Meet variation in product demand,
• Allow flexibility in production schedule
• Provide safeguard for variation in raw materials delivery time
• Advantage of economic purchase order size, larger order transfer in lower price.
• Other domain specific reasons, many situations where inventory is in transit, anticipated raw materials price changes.