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by tablespoon 1713 days ago
> I keep seeing that argument every single time and keep wondering, isn’t there reason to implement JIT? Something like cost benefits outweigh the resilience risks?

Just think about evolution: species specialize for short(er) term benefits, but then conditions change and a lot of those specialists go extinct.

JIT is specializing for an extremely reliable and undisrupted supply chain.