Unlike a production-adjacent buffer stock, a standby warehouse within supply chain management serves a broader protective function: it absorbs both supplier failures and unforeseen demand swings, not just immediate production requirements.
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicherheitsbestand
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