That is the way it looked when I took a tour of the TT Plant. They are
set up to do x rigs of Model Y, and then change to produce another rig,
all in a cycle, hoping to get the right number of each. THAT must be a
difficult game to play.
Palstar seems to operate the same way.
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Happy Trails.
======================= Richards / K8JHR =========================
On 9/15/2011 23:29, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> There's been a lot of speculation.
> Here's my own wild guess.
>
> TT is a relatively small company, especially if you just look at their ham
> radio business.
> The tool up their line and produce just one kind of radio for a specific
> length of time. Perhaps a few weeks.
> Then they retool their line and produce another radio.
> Then they retool and reproduce the next, etc.
>
> If business peaks on any particular radio which is not currently in the
> production run, it's going to be a while until these radios are back in
> stock.
>
> So my guess is, marketing's crystal ball may need re-calibrating, but their
> business is still healthy.
>
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