Decision Velocity Is a Form of Supply Chain Capacity

Supply chain capacity is normally discussed in physical terms. Companies count trucks, trailers, dock doors, warehouse square feet, production lines, labor hours, robots, and units of inventory. Those measures are essential, but they overlook another constraint that can prevent an organization from using the capacity it already owns: the speed at which it makes and executes operational decisions.
The argument grows out of the economics of decision-to-action latency and the expanding long tail of