Chief Financial Officers often only watch the inventory line on a balance sheet to evaluate the performance of the company and they hate to see high inventory. CFOs feel that having items sit idly on the shelf is wasting opportunities to invest cash into activities that will promote ROI (return on investment). At the same time though, the purchasing department knows the operational realities of inventory like the need to make sales and continue operations through unexpected events like a spike in demand or an interruption in supply. What would be a possible solution for the two departments to collaborate