Supply chain integrity is hard, especially when you're building things on a schedule, especially when you're building <50k in a batch, and when you're not super

Supply chain integrity is hard, especially when you're building things on a schedule, especially when you're building <50k in a batch, and when you're not super well known. I wish we'd bring back an electronics manufacturing industry to the US just for that reason alone, even at 2x the cost. Right now it seems the "safest" way to make boards in 5k units is in Mexico -- NAFTA rules plus cheaper labor and compliance.