Reply #42: I'm sure the manufacturers know that number exactly. [View All]

[baldguy]

In most of the manufacturing environments I've been in, they keep track of everything that comes in the door, they keep track of where everything goes in the plant, and they keep track of everything that goes out the door. When per unit margins are counted in pennies, a 1% loss is huge. It's the difference between having millions of dollars in profit vs. not having enough cash to keep the plant open.

I don't see them closing a lot of gun factories, do you?