Post Corona...

[Smurf1976]

Sounds great, but why hold more stock, less stock, increased profit and cash flows.

Stock holdings, have always been a balancing act, nothing has changed.

And who cares, if you cannot buy a iphone for the next 2 years, how is that going to impact on society?

The third sentence feeds into the first two.

If goods aren't readily available then all of a sudden everyone from tradies to cafes finds it necessary to maintain their own stocks since without it they suffer an even greater loss in not being able to serve customers and generate revenue.

If a phone's a difficult item to obtain then I'd be wise to own a spare one in case of failure. That passes the cost onto me and, if I'm running any sort of business, I'll then pass it onto customers. Etc. Anything in short supply will tend to be hoarded.