Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
by bsder on Saturday August 14, 2021 @09:44PM
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> Unfortunately, the myth that this shortage was entirely an induced panic
People don't get that even a 25% jump in consumption is going to take quite a while to rattle through our optimized supply chains.
Everything has been optimized to the penny for exactly the consumption as it exists--and not a whit more. Inventory anywhere is seen as a dire business failing to be eradicated. As such, there is zero cushion against even small demand changes.
People don't get that even a 25% jump in consumption is going to take quite a while to rattle through our optimized supply chains.
Everything has been optimized to the penny for exactly the consumption as it exists--and not a whit more. Inventory anywhere is seen as a dire business failing to be eradicated. As such, there is zero cushion against even small demand changes.
Maximally efficient is minimally robust.