And, if Ford changed the design, your inventory could be worthless, at worst, or cost a lot to retro fit, and you accepted it, because if you complained, they would find a new supplier.
But inventory at the assembly plant is not good in a world of constantly changing technology.
I just wish, if car manufacturers found a product that worked perfectly, they would stick with it, instead of changing for the sake of change.
Later all!
I admittedly don’t know that much about how retail works.
I was told (second hand knowledge) that everything in Walmart
is basically there on “consignment”, in that the supplier did not
get paid until the product was rang up at the cash register.