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Moai Ou posted:Pharmacy tech here, and yeah, this poo poo's a daily occurrence. ADHD meds have had a supply problem since this time last year and it fuckin' sucks. Manufacturers aren't producing enough to meet demand, so everybody gets to switch to different medications that then also quickly run out of stock. Vyvanse is unavailable? Great, your doctor switched you to Concerta. Oh poo poo, that's unavailable too? How about Adderall? Oops, it's gone. Time to switch back to Vyvanse. Oh, gently caress, that's gone again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing Toyota is partially to blame for these supply chain failings. In the 1980s companies would typically have a certain amount of storage dedicated to frequently used parts. If you are building an engine, you can just grab all the parts you need in the back. Toyota noticed that they were spending a lot of money on Warehouses and security to safeguard the components. Their solution was to order the part as close to as when it was needed to save on storage, "Just in Time" so to speak. Other industries noticed this and adopted some of these procedures. Now the whole system is designed to function if components arrive in a timely fashion, if there is any natural disasters that disrupt logistics, you are hosed. For instance, Covid shut down numerous factories. These factories were all in the process of producing parts that were needed for components under construction. For example, there were a bunch of cars that auto manufacturers produced that sat around languishing waiting for semiconductors. So everyone is ordering everything super last minute and acting all surprised when deadlines aren't met. Hopefully they tone back some of the lean philosophies in the future, but I doubt it.
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