.... not to mention the interests of every commercial manufacturer with at
or over 50,000 part numbers and hundreds of acres of warehouse space and
order/distribution headaches and tens of millions of dollars/pounds/etc in
inventory ...
Bob Crangle
Rose & Crangle, Ltd.
102 E. Lincoln Street
Lincoln, KS 67455-0285
785 524 3130 (fax - 3436)
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> From: Marshall Burns <marshall@ennex.com>
> To: Bauer Juergen <Juergen.Bauer@SPY.SIEMENS.DE>
> Cc: 'Elaine Hunt' <elaine.hunt@ces.clemson.edu>; rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
> Subject: Re: RP movies and manufacturing wars
> Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 1:30 PM
>
> Bauer Juergen wrote:
>
> > If I remember right, years ago the US navy had a plan to install
> > fabricators onboard their aircraft carriers. With this, they could plot
> > all spare parts need no supply logistics for a long time at sea.
> >
> > The plan did not come to reality, or did it ? Maybe someone knows more.
>
> It's not so much a plan as a possibility under investigation, and the
> Navy is still very interested, as are other branches of the US military
and
> no doubt those in other countries as well. We're not yet quite up to the
> speed and material properties to make it entirely practical, but it will
> come to pass. This is one reason that the Navy and other Defense agencies
> have been supporting fabricator research generously for a long time.
>
> --
> Marshall Burns
> Marshall@Ennex.com
>
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