DCRP K100D Review

[Pål Jensen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Roberts" <mark at robertstech.com>

> Yep. It's SOP for Japanese companies (and many smart non-Japanese
> companies). It's called the Kanban system. I saw it in action in
> detail on a tour of a Dunlop tire factory a few years after the
> company was bought by the Japanese. It depends greatly on being able
> to quickly change production lines from one product to another, but in
> return you get to minimize your inventory of both raw material/parts
> *and* finished product.


All parts assemblies on my 645n has a date printed on them; the body covers, 
the circuitry boards, the chassis etc. All dates are within two weeks of 
each other; most within days. It is obvious that the subcontractors 
manufactures the parts as close as possible to Pentax assembly date.

Pål