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That's a pretty disingenuous take that completely ignores the lack of fabs and a global pandemic. Nobody knew what was going to happen and everybody made decisi
by bmurphy1976 6y ago
That's a pretty disingenuous take that completely ignores the lack of fabs and a global pandemic. Nobody knew what was going to happen and everybody made decisions that they regret. The industry is in the position it's in because of the sum total of decisions made by all actors over the last decade, not because the car companies made some forecasting mistakes. The car companies aren't the only ones who just-in-time their supply lines.
- genmud 6y agoDude, that isn't disingenuous at all. The car companies did this across the board to their entire supply chain. In fact, I know some folks who relied on that business and had to close up shop because they basically had machines they bought specifically for auto manufacturers and they cancelled ALL their orders at the same time, with no ETA on when they would place the orders again. They knew there was a pandemic, they knew the supply chain would be wonky and they just assumed it would start back up without delay when they were ready to make cars. They pushed the risk to their suppliers and when they went to place orders and everyone else had booked their capacity, laid off the employees or suppliers went out of business they were like "OMG HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?". Talking to some of the people I know, this is an unmitigated disaster that is entirely the auto manufacturers fault. There should be no sympathy for these idiots.