Some JIT manufacturers, including car-makers, pharma and food importers, are looking very closely at simplifying their supply chains, but that's easier said than done.The car manufacturers, just as a reminder, are a vital part of the UK economy worth more than £82 billion turnover and adding £18.6 billion value to the UK economy.With some 168,000 people employed directly in manufacturing and in excess of 823,000 across the wider automotive industry, it accounts for 14.4% of total UK export of goods, worth £44 billion, and invests £3.75 billion each year in automotive R&D.That's from the SMMT website. A lot to put at risk for the ideological purity of total "sovereignty".
Jonathan Callaway ● 2040d