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Re:Four million parts, 30 countries: How an Airbus A380 come... by Tomis02 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:16AM (#23436798)
Maybe when it comes to flying you wouldn't want too much corner-cutting in pursuit of the max profit. Max.. why does that sound familiar?
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Re:Four million parts, 30 countries: How an Airbus A380 come... by adrianN on Saturday June 06, 2020 @03:17AM (#23437420)
Corner cutting on safety is quite different from supply chain optimizations.
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Re:Four million parts, 30 countries: How an Airbus A380 come... by kortilla on Saturday June 06, 2020 @04:05AM (#23437546)
Bespoke parts often leads to worse quality for the same price.
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