1. Important to plan ahead to satisfy post-production battery supply needs for fulfilling warranty obligations a. Potentially significant cost, quality, and as-needed battery availability issues if not planned carefully 2. Use of backward-compatible hardware is easily the best short-term solution for service battery on-time delivery, cost, & quality 3. Significant pros/cons for 'all-time buys' before Job Last and for 'build as needed' after Job Last a. One approach is not always better than the other - depends on the details b. Optimal solutions at Ford have involved combinations of the two.
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