An organization assessed mainly by price can lose the spare capacity needed to remain available in an emergency. The comparison with the health service adds availability and effectiveness to the discussion of financial efficiency. A hospital can hold central stocks and supply wards or operating theatres as they need them. Depending instead on a distant manufacturer introduces long lead times and competition for the same goods. A reported Plymouth-to-Truro delivery problem illustrates how even a short geographic journey can require advance scheduling when transport runs in the wrong direction. Predictable consumption suits just-in-time delivery better than emergency surgery or the abrupt increase in military consumption during war.
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Where just-in-time logistics can work in an emergency service
Local delivery on demand can work when a nearby store already holds the reserve; distant manufacturers cannot provide the same protection against sudden emergency demand.