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hx8 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: California leaders report four to six weeks worth ...

Isn't 4-6 weeks about normal conditions? It feels like a large amount of slack for a modern JIT logistical system. Anymore enters strategic reserves territory.

gruez 3 months ago | [–]

Not sure about california specifically, but elsewhere in the world stocks are definitely lower than normal.

https://www.economist.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,quality=10...

ceejayoz 3 months ago | [–]

Sure, but these aren't normal conditions. So that JIT amount is gonna rapidly become NJIT.

dylan604 3 months ago | [–]

I'm not very creative, but if we could use DJiT to go along with the at fault party's initials, that could be fun.

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