How to irritate your customers with a vengeance.

[zeitghost]

ST have a bijou problemette in supplying ASICs to Nissan.

As in "stop the line guys, we ain't got enough black boxes".

Oooops.

Nissan Car Production Halted By ST Supply Delinquency - 14/07/2010 - Electronics Weekly

And here's a theory why it's happened.

Why Is ST Delinquent? (Mannerisms)

A single source with a single source.

Not a good move that.

[Pondlife]

This is the problem when accountants run supply chains.

No excuse unless there is a global shortage of a critical raw material.

or they were using .net APO for their planning.

[Tingles]

That's one thing at Nissan.... NEVER NEVER EVER stop the line!