Ben Wan, vice-president of the China Production Center, takes grocery stores as an example: If a small shop does not buy in much stock, then the upstream supplier cannot be relied on to definitely deliver it; but if the shop wants to compromise and order a bit more, then limitations of space mean that it will have to cut back on its range.
中國生產力中心副總經理萬以寧舉例：以雜貨店來說，小店進貨進得少，上游貨主往往不肯送貨；若要遷就而多叫點，以小店有限的店面和倉儲空間，結果就只好減少貨品種類。