Deja vu – same old inventory-led economic downturn
Deja vu – same old inventory-led economic downturn
Many assumptions about economic and financial market performance have been shattered in the 2 years since the global credit market crisis started. Not least amongst these assumptions was the view that ‘lean production’ methods – including manufacturers keeping stocks to a minimum and producing on demand to customer specification – would reduce the impact of the stock or inventory cycle on economic growth.