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Strategic Stockpiling (The 'Golden Screw' Buffer)

Intentional accumulation of critical, non-fungible components to decouple production from lead-time volatility. This maneuver is designed to prevent 'Golden Screw Syndrome' where $0.50 parts stall $1M assemblies.

Operations Resilience 4 Action Steps

Action Steps

  1. 1 Identify 'Golden Screw' components: parts with ER02 > 4 (Single Source) and LI05 > 4 (Long Lead Time).
  2. 2 Secure 'Virtual Warehousing' or vendor-managed inventory (VMI) agreements to defer the cash hit of the stockpile.
  3. 3 Increase safety stock coverage for critical items to 6 to 9 months, while maintaining Just-in-Time (JIT) for fungible/commodity inputs.
  4. 4 Implement AI-driven 'Stockpile Auditing' (DT05) to monitor for inventory obsolescence or degradation during long-term storage.

Feasibility Checks

Attribute thresholds that must be met for this playbook to be viable

LI02 Structural Inventory Inertia
≤ 2
ER04 Operating Leverage & Cash Cycle Rigidity
≤ 3
LI06 Systemic Entanglement & Tier-Visibility Risk
≥ 4

Trigger Rules

Risk conditions that activate this playbook

OPS_MFG_002 3 conditions
Component Starvation
OPS_FLO_001 3 conditions
Inventory Bullwhip
OPS_FLO_004 2 conditions
Chokepoint Vulnerability
FIN_SOL_006 3 conditions
Working Capital Inflation Shock

Implements Strategies

This playbook contributes to 2 strategic frameworks:

Supply Chain Resilience Operational Efficiency