JIT's epitome is vertical integration so i don't think so. JIT made this all much more resilient because everyone has smaller, lower orders allowing everyone to

JIT's epitome is vertical integration so i don't think so. JIT made this all much more resilient because everyone has smaller, lower orders allowing everyone to a greater percentage of the total stock. What happened was people got alittle nervous and jumped off the JIT band wagon and tried to ensure they had large inventories to weather the storm. The big guys with the biggest orders got what they wanted at the expense of us plebs.