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This is the result of something called just-in-time manufacturing. The geniuses who created this method of manufacturing always thought that there would be no i
by coliveira 6y ago
This is the result of something called just-in-time manufacturing. The geniuses who created this method of manufacturing always thought that there would be no interruption of supply chains, and that we could forever produce only what we could consume at the moment.
- digikata 6y agoToyota was one of the creators of Just in Time manufacturing, and they planned for this particular supply chain interruption. https://jalopnik.com/toyota-prepared-for-the-chip-shortage-years-ago-why-di-1846641653 https://jalopnik.com/toyota-prepared-for-the-chip-shortage-y...
- a9h74j 6y agoKanban is not incompatible with queuing theory.
- digikata 6y agoLogistics analysis probably has a lot of crossover w/ queuing theory. How big a buffer should one maintain if you want the user to be able to keep consuming a video stream for an up to x second packet loss window vs how big an inventory of parts carry in order to keep a production line going given an interruption of x months. Only the physical product has a harder time substituting some sources than others so optimize inventory/buffers on an individual per part basis.
- reader_mode 6y agoReminds me of a joke - if economist designed humans instead of having two kidneys we would share one between five people.
- scruffyherder 6y agoAnd I can make a baby in 1 month with 10 women.
- dyingkneepad 6y agoI feel like this comment is kinda like blaming the inventors of the Knife for the people who were stabbed. JIT was an amazing invention and a progress to mankind.