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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1958463, member: 66"]Because in case an issue doesn't sell they don't want to have a lot of already coined up stock on hand that represents planchets and boxes they have already paid for that they now have to destroy. Ideally they need to have enough on hand to handle initial demand and then mint to order keeping just a little ahead of the rate of ordering so that when the sales end the number on hand to be destroyed is as small as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much of our industry in this country does work this way, "just in time" production with parts arriving just before they are need on the production floor so they aren't capital tied up in inventory, and products produced at a rate as closely matching demand rate as possible. The problem comes when parts delivery falls behind or demand rate is over or under estimated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the silver set will sell better than the clad set as well, but I don't think 500K sets on hand opening day is needed. I think 200k would probably do but they should be ready to to ramp up production of needed based on sales of the first few hours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1958463, member: 66"]Because in case an issue doesn't sell they don't want to have a lot of already coined up stock on hand that represents planchets and boxes they have already paid for that they now have to destroy. Ideally they need to have enough on hand to handle initial demand and then mint to order keeping just a little ahead of the rate of ordering so that when the sales end the number on hand to be destroyed is as small as possible. Much of our industry in this country does work this way, "just in time" production with parts arriving just before they are need on the production floor so they aren't capital tied up in inventory, and products produced at a rate as closely matching demand rate as possible. The problem comes when parts delivery falls behind or demand rate is over or under estimated. I think the silver set will sell better than the clad set as well, but I don't think 500K sets on hand opening day is needed. I think 200k would probably do but they should be ready to to ramp up production of needed based on sales of the first few hours.[/QUOTE]
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