Your ‘a couple of years from now’ remark is a bit hyperbolic. However think about this – Canon, Sony, Nikon see the provision chain points. Determine to carry all launches for two, now possibly as much as 3 years. What would this discussion board seem like? “Pictures is lifeless”. “The large 3 have deserted us” “Wow the iPhone killed the digicam market method quicker than we thought it could” “Higher promote my gear now and discover a new pastime earlier than any extra resale worth is misplaced”.
In the meantime, Canon, Nikon and Sony digicam divisions lose revenue, cut back growth, new merchandise take longer to develop and get launched in to a market that satisfied itself the sector was lifeless, gross sales go down additional…
Or you possibly can see the event advancing, however you need to wait a couple of months in your gear. Which is best?
You might have appropriately recognized that simply in time manufacturing is a part of what brought about this example. When each half is on the essential path (is a rate-limiting half), a provide chain disruption is devastating. Add to that the consolidation to those enormous/giga factories, the place now components solely come from one place. Lose that and its an enormous downside for everybody. We have mentioned this academically at work lots . Will the enterprise world change away from JIT and try to look to diversify suppliers to keep away from this kind of disruption sooner or later? Time will inform.
Brian
