Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain 1st Edition by Morgan Swink,Steven Melnyk,Bixby Cooper, Janet Hartley

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Figure 8-4 illustrates the analogy of a boat hitting rocks as the water level falls.Why is water a good analogy for inventory? Is the sequence in which rocks are encountered a good way to prioritize inventory reduction activities? How might this prioritization scheme differ from one used in an accounting department?
(In Reference Figure 8-4)