It isn't just taxes, it is also cash flow since you typically pay on receipt. With many JIT systems someone else is holding the bag as far as expenditures & tax burden while you have a (theoretically) solid/guaranteed production stream.
Right, that's what I meant with the 'not purchasing in bulk' thing. I wonder if the pandemic actually caused any shift in inventory management? Probably not anything substantial
It isn't just taxes, it is also cash flow since you typically pay on receipt. With many JIT systems someone else is holding the bag as far as expenditures & tax burden while you have a (theoretically) solid/guaranteed production stream.
Right, that's what I meant with the 'not purchasing in bulk' thing. I wonder if the pandemic actually caused any shift in inventory management? Probably not anything substantial
Not in clinical supply chains, I can tell you that.