A reorder point is not a minimum stock level
Treating a fixed minimum as a reorder point is the commonest inventory mistake we see. Only one of the two accounts for supplier lead time.
Stockouts poison your forecast
A product unavailable for three weeks shows zero demand. Naive forecasts read that as low demand and order less — which causes the next stockout.
Dead stock is the silent one
Stockouts get noticed because someone complains. Dead stock just sits there earning nothing, and nothing in your reporting is designed to surface it.