The Five-Cent Screw That Exposed a $20,000 Strategy Gap:
How to Fix What’s Really Blocking Scale A five-cent screw—used in a $20,000 FDA-compliant device—suddenly becomes hard to source.Tariffs. Lead times. Supply chain issues. So manufacturing does what smart teams do:They find a near-match. Slightly different. Functionally solid.They test it.… Read More »The Five-Cent Screw That Exposed a $20,000 Strategy Gap:
