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prometheus76 on Jan 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Explaining the global chip shortage

The argument becomes how much buffer and stock do you need? How long can you fade a falloff in supply? One hour? One day? One week? What is "wasteful" vs. what is wise?

ngrilly on Jan 16, 2023 [–]

Exactly, which is a much more sane and useful discussions to have, and something any serious process engineer will do using for example a simulation.

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