They may have some parts in bin boxes and they might not even know it. This is a huge, huge deal for the factories because they don't have to keep millions of dollars in inventory on their shelves. If the on-line business works as proposed, the executive suggests that customer yields will improve for several reasons. Ultimately, he contends, equipment uptime will improve. Chances are we'll have the part more often than the OEM does . . .
Yield starts to deteriorate as parts start to deteriorate.
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