Reactionary, my left foot! What happens the next time something like this happens (and it will but who knows when). My suggestion centered around determining what is necessary to ensure that we continue to enjoy a semblance of normalcy when something happens. For instance, if the US were to have a falling out with China trade wise where would we get the necessary electronics and other high-tech items essential for our economy to function. Can we produce these essential items in CONUS?
We had the luxury of a reasonably vibrant manufacturing base prior to our entry in WWII but it still took time (at the cost of lives) to get production cranked up to meet the demand. "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it!" James M Driskell W7OWI ________________________________ From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of David Gilbert <ab7e...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 17:57 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Parts availability Just In Time and its corollary concepts brought amazing efficiencies to global manufacturing for decades and enabled cost reductions that we now take for granted. I know that first hand ... I was the operations manager for a large division of a major semiconductor company for many years. I think it is exceedingly lame to denigrate the entire concept because a once-in-a century global pandemic brought the world supply chain to its knees. It's not only JIT adherents that are running out of parts, and I'd bet that the contractual relationships that major JIT manufacturers have with their suppliers means that they are going to get their parts before the ones who don't. Who do you think is going to get components first ... Elecraft or Hewlett-Packard? It's crazy how some people try to use an aberration to justify a reactionary bias. Dave AB7E On 10/18/2021 4:24 PM, James Driskell wrote: > Unfortunately, the "Just In Time" concept that many US manufacturers have > built their businesses around never considered the "you're never going to get > it" approach that we now see. I hope someone is taking a hard look at our > national resource network because if the balloon goes up, we're going to have > a hard time cranking up the domestic supply chain to meet our basic needs. > We probably won't have the luxury of being able to take our time to get it > running. > > Jim W7OWI > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jmdrisk...@msn.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
