"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

Would you run your engine just below redline for 30 years?

That has absolutely nothing to do with running a business or a plant. The
Japanese taught us well -- the idea is called "just in time." The general
idea is that you minimize inventory and don't keep idle machinery. You
*do* keep a margin which is called "percent fill at relief" in the telecom
world, but no sane person keeps nearly 20% of their plant idle (as was the
case in the early 80s).

Complete non-sequitur.


And, yes, if I owned a manufacturing plant, I would run it as close to
100% capacity as I could. That would make me the most money.

In the short run.