You hear that a product may go into global shortage.
To secure more supply for your market, you quickly double the forecast.
It feels like a simple solution.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ?
Most significant risks and opportunities in large organisations are complex.
Many stakeholders are involved.
And everything is connected.
A decision that looks reasonable from one local perspective can create serious problems elsewhere in the value chain.
In supply chains, simple local reactions can amplify volatility, distort priorities, and reduce trust between functions or regions.
That is what happens when we apply simple solutions in a complex context.
Or in the words of H. L. Mencken
โFor every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.โ
๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ?
โ Organisations optimise locally while damaging the wider system
โ Short-term reactions create long-term instability
โ Trust and transparency between stakeholders erode
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