Simulate a governed supply-chain response.

DR-1042: Priority SKU family · DC-North. Priority Consumer Goods demand has moved outside tolerance before strategic orders due Thursday.

11/14-day cover · Line 2 at 81% · inbound packaging at supplier risk · strategic orders due Thu. The decision context is illustrative and bounded to service, cost, inventory, and risk.

A — Protect service: service 99.1%; incremental cost €41k; inventory Tight, within floor; risk Low. B — Minimize cost: service 94.6% (at risk); incremental cost €6k; inventory Higher downstream; risk Elevated. C — Balanced (recommended): service 98.2%; incremental cost €18k; inventory Controlled; risk Managed.

Expedite above €15k → Supply Chain Director approval. The reference gate checks customer impact, cost threshold, capacity risk, and audit trail before execution release.

Approve Scenario C — Balanced (recommended). It protects strategic customer service while keeping expedite cost materially below the protect-service option. Inventory remains controlled, supplier packaging risk is visible, and the decision requires Supply Chain Director approval because the expedite threshold is exceeded. Release the action only after the governance gate records rationale, approver, and execution owner. Illustrative simulation — synthetic data.