I got three Raspberry Pi’s and two NUCs this year to handle stuff that normally would be done with office hardware and to add working flexibility. My iPad Pro is still my primary interface for everything though. I never thought I would see the day where a Raspberry Pi would be driving two 32” 4K monitors for me though...
I am really surprised at just how screwed up global supply chains are— I get that the US has trumped all over itself and had some impact on demand side, with Europe fo
I am really surprised at just how screwed up global supply chains are— I get that the US has trumped all over itself and had some impact on demand side, with Europe following at a distance... I am lost though at how much impact it has had on the production side! Bicycles are sold out for all of 2021 effectively, and so many stupid things are almost impossible to get. PC production not recovering until 2022 makes me wonder what else is really broken right now.
Just in time inventory control has a lot to do with it. From manufacturer to retailer, everyone is now running lean and mean with inventory. A cornerstone of the process is projected demand, and, normally, it works pretty well. Great for the bottom line, because very little precious physical space is "wasted" warehousing parts - lots of final assembly factories run with less than 8 hours of parts inventory on hand. A constant stream of trucks replaces in-house parts warehousing.
One down side: the supply chain, as designed, has little ability to respond to sudden, unforecasted, peaks in demand. Add in the fact off-shore manufacturing production runs about 6 months ahead of the calendar. Example: West Coast ports start seeing containers of Christmas items from mnaufacturers in China in July. Those items started shipping from the factories in June.
I wonder what counts (Score:4, Insightful)
I am really surprised at just how screwed up global supply chains are— I get that the US has trumped all over itself and had some impact on demand side, with Europe fo
Re:I wonder what counts (Score:4, Insightful)
I am really surprised at just how screwed up global supply chains are— I get that the US has trumped all over itself and had some impact on demand side, with Europe following at a distance... I am lost though at how much impact it has had on the production side! Bicycles are sold out for all of 2021 effectively, and so many stupid things are almost impossible to get. PC production not recovering until 2022 makes me wonder what else is really broken right now.
Just in time inventory control has a lot to do with it. From manufacturer to retailer, everyone is now running lean and mean with inventory. A cornerstone of the process is projected demand, and, normally, it works pretty well. Great for the bottom line, because very little precious physical space is "wasted" warehousing parts - lots of final assembly factories run with less than 8 hours of parts inventory on hand. A constant stream of trucks replaces in-house parts warehousing.
One down side: the supply chain, as designed, has little ability to respond to sudden, unforecasted, peaks in demand. Add in the fact off-shore manufacturing production runs about 6 months ahead of the calendar. Example: West Coast ports start seeing containers of Christmas items from mnaufacturers in China in July. Those items started shipping from the factories in June.