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How is Chipageddon affecting you?
TimFox:
Many years ago, in grad school, 5% carbon-comp resistors were "free" from the electronics shop, since they were too low-priced to make billing economical.
I specifically remember using 9,100 (and decades above and below) because the unimaginative users grabbed all the 10,000 (and decades above and below) from the bin.
peter-h:
Hahaha that's why I am using up 9.1k and 11k from my resistor prototyping kit :)
tom66:
Amazingly Bosch 9DoF IMUs are back in stock at both Digi-Key and Mouser and the stock has been present for weeks. Miracles do happen.
bookaboo:
--- Quote ---JIT never really existed. It is a euphemism for a big company (customer) shafting a small company (supplier) into keeping stock free of charge. In electronics especially, it can't work.
--- End quote ---
It can work in a well managed supply chain under very specific circumstances. We had a study mission to see how Lexus manage their Tier 1 and Tier 2 supply chain. It really was JIT, 15 minute delivery intervals, zero warehousing anywhere in the chain. They visit and train their suppliers not to keep inventory beyond a 4 hour buffer stock. The whole thing
The one exception was the electronics factory, even back in 2019 they had 6 months stock on some items, this was considered sacrilege by some of the mission leaders and demonstrates just how different this industry is.
Karel:
--- Quote from: bookaboo on January 11, 2023, 02:25:14 pm ---
--- Quote ---JIT never really existed. It is a euphemism for a big company (customer) shafting a small company (supplier) into keeping stock free of charge. In electronics especially, it can't work.
--- End quote ---
It can work in a well managed supply chain under very specific circumstances. We had a study mission to see how Lexus manage their Tier 1 and Tier 2 supply chain. It really was JIT, 15 minute delivery intervals, zero warehousing anywhere in the chain. They visit and train their suppliers not to keep inventory beyond a 4 hour buffer stock. The whole thing
--- End quote ---
Not even the factory that produces, for example, plastic parts for the cars?
Factories have parallel production lines for every part separate? How is that possible?
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