Discuss the implication of the following statement: “Inventory that exists between operations, regardless of the reason for it, will act to decouple those operations.”

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Discuss the implication of the following statement: “Inventory that exists between operations, regardless of the reason for it, will act to decouple those operations.”

Will moving to a lean production system alter the approach to sales and operation planning? If so, how and if not, why not?