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To: Gaffer
Our airy 'just in time' system was a fragile structure based on 'everything working' - - a fine tuned machine. Unfortunately a system is only as strong as it's weakest links - and in this case that was supply chains ... for many reason.
(Need redundant backups or expensive warehouses...or a new system based on 'sometimes things go wrong'...)

55 posted on 03/27/2022 9:20:55 AM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: GOPJ

The flaw with JIT is that ‘government’ can get involved to f##k it up with almost no effort. Witness COVID and Russia/Ukraine War.


56 posted on 03/27/2022 9:29:54 AM PDT by Gaffer
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