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My year too! I did not, however, get greedy. 

barn door baybeeeeeeeeee

Fun fact, the actual analysises I’ve seen made about the voter suppression acts indicates that there is a pretty good likelihood it won’t actual affect the election results that much. Georgia’s next election is going to be the test. Read more

In the 80's when I was in Business School, JIT was all the rage. And I remember one, and only one, professor making the point that this would only work long term if your supply chains were short. Read more

I am in the chemical industry and we try to be the opposite of just in time. When prices drop we buy healthy amounts of raw materials. If there is the POSSIBILITY of a shortage, we stock up. I have had suppliers actually ask to buy back some of our stock to sell to competitors. Our strategies have allowed us to… Read more

Kaizen was referred to in tones of near reverence, which has only aged well. I guess if you do something first, and well, it is remembered as being your thing no matter what, until it goes wrong.

In Business school currently, can confirm that as of the last semester unaffected by the pandemic, Just In Time was still very much en vogue. Toyota was heralded as the key innovator of the practice, funnily enough.

JIT and quarterly bonus culture walk hand in hand as well. No higher up C-suite type of guy who makes lots of money in options and bonuses wants money tied up in anything that would dampen quarterly results and paying a lot of money for stuff you arent using at that exact moment is a cost and not a revenue source. Read more

The buzzword and in this case killer is called “just in time” inventory control. In fact Toyota was one of the instigators of this practice. Lack of supply is starting to affect some Toyota models and certain trim levels. For instance some RAV4 Prime buyers are only receiving one key fob and are being promised the… Read more

I voted NP because it has low miles, one owner, and it hasn’t been monkeyed around with. The scuffs are an unfortunate side effect of city life. If you get the bumpers repainted, you could probably sell the car for the price you paid a few years down the line. The value might even go up as this generation of Si gets… Read more

Well then that settles it! 

Yeah, 100% chance someone else wrote that.

So what is it supposed to be, like offsetting penalties in football? Read more

In what world do you think manufacturers are just going to hand over that $8000 to you? As opposed, to you know, keeping it. 

That was very insightful. It’s a rarity for anyone in the Jalop world to actually understand how shit works in the industry, including the staff writers. Read more

I’m going to say that GM’s decision to go with direct sales for the Hummer has more to do with gauging demand and avoiding the dealer markups that would inevitably come with allowing the dealers to sell the product. Furthermore, the Hummer is a far more upscale and unique product when compared to anything in the GMC… Read more

I clicked the link and was surprised to see the ad was still up. Evidently the truck is not yet sold. Read more

It is CRAZY how much these Trump supporters are getting duped, grifted, and fucked over by their own team, and even after having to go through their banks to get their money back, are still on team Trump. Read more

“I’m sorry, but your Ferrari’s policy specifically excludes damage that happens on a track.”

Ministry with guest Gibby Haynes on vocals. How could it be bad? :-)