My wife, on hearing reports from Tesla's factory regarding parts stacked to ceiling: "*Phew* None of my friends at Toyota need to worry."
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"I mean that's either a grievous error-in-ordering or error-in-forecasting-demand, either of which are symptomatic of systemic issues."
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"... Honey, did you ever work for Toyota?" "No, but I grew up near Nagoya. This is just something-everyone-knows (常識) here."
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Wife continues: "Can't they read books? It's not like we're QUIET about this stuff."
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FWIW, as someone who did not not work for a car company in central Japan, I had approximately the same reaction to the story.
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(If that phrasing is curious to you, it's because Japanese BigCo are surrounded by their own little ecosystem of affiliated firms.)
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