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Isn't Elon a sort of supply chain pariah at this point though? His learnings from SpaceX and Tesla so far probably make him one of the most experienced people i
by skygnite 10y ago
Isn't Elon a sort of supply chain pariah at this point though? His learnings from SpaceX and Tesla so far probably make him one of the most experienced people in modern supply chains.
- ethbro 10y agoNot sure 'pariah' was the word you were looking for?
- cortesoft 10y agoTrying to figure out what word he wanted... prophet?
- songshu 10y agoParagon?
- stagbeetle 10y agoExpert.
- bytesmith 10y agoMessiah?
- gazarullz 10y agoGuru?
- Baeocystin 10y agoIt unintentionally might be accurate, though. ~90% of the parts in cars nowadays are manufactured by huge companies that sell to all the major automakers, worldwide. Tesla just doesn't have the volume to get the consistency of supply and quality that the other majors do. Yes, this is a chicken-and-egg problem. But a real one nonetheless.
- jonknee 10y agoPariah is not the word you're looking for, but either way I'd say the answer is certainly not. Making a few very expensive rockets and luxury cars is not anything like mass producing vehicles on a scale like VW/Toyota/GM/Ford/etc. I'd say a company like Foxconn is probably a much better example. They are able to mass produce millions of widgets with astonishingly few defects and even begin doing it in secret. Very impressive logistics. If just one component of the iPhone isn't ready the whole line grinds to a halt.