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And then they invented that maybe they should keep poorly sourceable parts at hand. And chips are those. Unlike nuts, bolts, metal and plastics. Which you can easily find replacements for.

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Plastics have actually experienced a pretty significant shortage this year, with resins and other components being hard to source[1]. Polaris, for example, would build their entire vehicle except the seats, then build and attach them once the plastic resin for the foam became available[2].

1) https://www.ntotank.com/blog/resin-material-market-shortages... 2) https://www.wsj.com/articles/supply-chain-bottlenecks-drive-...

Yep there is an entire risk profile stage that many people leave out. And they apparently correctly estimated the risk in this case. At least for now. Probably wasn't reasonable to estimate such a long supply chain disruption though (that it's still happening now).

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