So who remembers the 1980's mantra - Just in Time deliveries.
Well that worked for a while, the U.S. offshored manufacturing of all manner of things.
Forty plus years later we have consequences.
Every generation will re-learn history one way or another
Japan was ascendant in the 1980s, and since they used Just in Time deliveries, we decided that the way to beat them was to use Just in Time deliveries. The only problem was, Japan’s supply chain was fairly local.