Lead Time
The elapsed time from placing an order to receiving usable inventory.
What is Lead Time?
Lead time is the total elapsed time from placing a purchase order to having the goods available to sell — spanning supplier production, transit, customs, and receiving. It is a core input to safety stock and reorder points, and it is notoriously variable for imported goods. Underestimating lead time is a direct path to stockouts; overestimating it inflates inventory.
How Endless handles it
Endless tracks actual lead times by supplier and factors them into planning, so replenishment reflects how long orders really take, not the optimistic quote.
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