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Re:Coronavirus has disrupted supply chains for nearly 75% of... by mc32 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:44PM (#22548916)
But if most industrialized countries had retained their mfg expertise some factories would be active while some idle and there could be some kind of staggered affect as the interruption courses it’s way in and out.
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Re:Coronavirus has disrupted supply chains for nearly 75% of... by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:25PM (#22549468)
So wouldn't the answer to this also be to just move the industrial base to various other developing countries? If we split our manufacturing between more of South East Asia, South America, and Africa, wouldn't that have the same effect?
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Re:Coronavirus has disrupted supply chains for nearly 75% of... by mc32 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:27PM (#22549494)
I don’t see why they should not attain that capability as well and I also don’t see why we should shed our capability to mfg either.
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