Supply Chain Physics, Inventory Theory, and Global Logistics: Little's Law, Kingman's Queueing Formula, Base-Stock & (s,S) Policies, the Bullwhip Effect, Cold Chains, and Maritime Chokepoints

Deep End Era. Engineering with Sankalp · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 8m

The mathematical physics of factories, warehouses, and global logistics: Little's Law (L = lambda W), Kingman's VUT Queueing Equation and the 85% utilization cliff, EOQ, (s,S) policies, the Newsvendor Critical Fractile, Eppen's Square-Root Risk Pooling Law, Forrester and Lee's Bullwhip Effect, Cold-Chain Mean Kinetic Temperature, and Maritime Chokepoints.

Chapters

00:00:00 Cold Open: The 95% Utilization Trap at the Marine Loading Berth — Why Running a Terminal "Full Out" Created a 14-Day Tanker Queue

00:04:07 Little's Law (L = lambda W or WIP = TH times CT): The Universal Conservation Law of…