A reorder point is not a minimum stock level
The most common inventory mistake we see is treating a fixed minimum as if it were a reorder point. They answer different questions, and only one of them accounts for how long your supplier takes.
Stockouts poison your forecast
A product that was unavailable for three weeks shows zero demand for three weeks. Every naive forecast reads that as low demand and orders 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.