So what’s the underlying problem? Are there not enough foundry’s to keep up with the demand or something else?
Brent has the right idea. Lets say for example "a" shop during a 40 hour week has the potential to do 100 castings at full capacity, that pay XXX dollars per unit of a part they produce on a regular basis. The shop makes money and pays it's employees , everybody is happy.
Scene two is the same shop takes on a new project , has issues , doesn't produce one part they can bill for in a 40 hour week, nothing else gets made to generate income and the employees ( and other over head) is still there with their hand out at the end of the week.
This scenario is always in the mind of the manufacturer who's income is based on machine time . No fault of the end customer , just today's economics.
Randy