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Re:Tesla appears to defy Bay Area shutdown, plans to operate... by morelisp on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:14PM (#22609795)
> Most of the world uses lean manufacturing.

This applies just as much to anything food-related (grocery or restaurant); maybe moreso because most of what a restaurant needs (or farm/ranch/fishery could produce) is not as shelf-stable as most car parts.

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Re:Tesla appears to defy Bay Area shutdown, plans to operate... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:35PM (#22610715)
Still, restaurants are commodities. Even in normal market conditions, there's plenty of churn in gastronomy. It's harder to restart a factory, and consequences on the supply chain might be more profound.
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