Speaking to a distributor the other week and he explained when i asked what kind of business model leaves cash on the table for machines that have all the bugs out of them, are easy to produce and people are queuing up waiting for them.
Sorry if I'm telling people things they already know, but it opened my eyes up.
He started by telling me that Garry stern is not a stupid person. Ok say's i then why doesn't he fill these orders?
He went on to explain about the contractual obligations involved in the dev work and that the dates of release are fixed contractually. YEARS in advance.
So they are contracted to release a certain number of machines on a certain date and that is already locked in to the future, well down the track.
Ok, i say's, then why don't they build a second plant close to the first plant and use that for reruns only?
He answered by repeating his first statement. Garry Stern is not stupid. If it was in his interests then that's what he would have done, because you can bet your balls I'm not the first person to think about that.
All made a kinda sense to me, but I could see how the other model could work too, although I haven't thrown the resources at the problem that I'm sure Stern has.