Question

As a supermarket operator, would you hold more safety inventory for a newly introduced detergent or an existing detergent? Why?

Answer 1

As a supermarket operator, my decision on this context would be to hold more safety inventory for the newly introduced detergent because I am aware about the demand for the existing detergent and hence I can plan accordingly to avoid stock out of the same although the new product is new and hence the demand is unknown and hence keeping or maintaining a safety stock for the same may actually help the organization in case the product is a success.