Just had a thought.
Remember the days of cars stockpiled in fields to keep the assembly factories running?
Go to a dealer, order a car, they check the stocklist.
Yes, sir, we have your car in stock. We will get it down quickly.
Images of dragging the damp, dirty car out of a muddy field. Surface rust already taken hold. Dealer gets the car, pre-delivery checks (
) done.
Pick your car up.
These days with JIT in place and desire to limit money held in stocks would mean putting a car into the build schedule and letting the computer do its work of scheduling parts and build slot collation.
I remember working in a car radiator factory.
Trying to manage JIT and overcome old practises ( but we have always done it that way...GRRRR). Each department doing its own thing with poor cooperation and team work.
