FWIW, despite being adamant that it wasn't happening, Borg is now confirming their plan is to import Corsair from China, backing up what you've been saying.
It was a manufacturing style that was adopted by US companies from several Japanese counterparts...hailed as a great boon to the industry for saving money and turning production times around quicker.
Just in time manufacturing has been around since the 1990s or so. In the US at least, if companies build up a stockpile of parts, they can be taxed on it, which is a deterrent from doing that.
This has happened in the past, just that it gets reported more often now because of the internet.
Wow, that's tough. Just one fire and suddenly half the auto industry is feeling the impact. It really highlights how delicate the supply chain is, especially when so much aluminum comes from a single source. Ford is definitely going to take the biggest hit, but the others won't escape unscathed either. We can expect rising prices and production delays — it's just bad timing all around.
Through Bezo's sheer arrogance, he will push this to market only to sell it off to a competitor (legacy or otherwise) and take the money and run....maybe VW will step in and buy it to add to the Scout line....if I were a bettin' man, that is where I would place it.
It’s eye opening just how much of the manufacturing process is just in time parts delivery
and any disruption to the supply chain is deadly to companies like Ford.