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Lead times increasing to four years doesn't necessarily mean that every order will take that long. Since the additional orders are just there to cover idle peri
by samus 7mo ago
Lead times increasing to four years doesn't necessarily mean that every order will take that long. Since the additional orders are just there to cover idle periods, the government could omit an expected delivery time so regular orders don't get delayed.
- ssl-3 7mo agoI think that would mean that the factory would switch from operating at 100% capacity (and never catching up), to 100% capacity (and never catching up). For that kind of sameness, it seems like it'd be easier to do nothing at all.
- samus 7mo agoIt is still strictly better since the actual customers get priority.
- adgjlsfhk1 7mo agothe point is that the thing they would never be catching up on would be the surplus orders from the government.