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RE: So another one bites the dust from Maplins!


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  • Subject: RE: So another one bites the dust from Maplins!
  • From: "Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:45:03 +0100
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In other words, they're trying to implement JIT (just in time)
manufacturing
methods, which only work when you forecast demand correctly. Commonly known
by manufacturing analysts as JTL (just too late)!

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 September 2001 09:37
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] So another one bites the dust from Maplins!
>
>
> On Friday 28 September 2001 08:48 am, Jeff wrote:
> > I had to order some from RS but even they don't have them in
stock - the
> > delivery note said something like a 7 week lead time.
>
> Yep, that's the going rate for DS stuff since Maxim took them
> over :-( Their
> excuse is they didn't anticipate demand for the stuff.
>
> --
>
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