For sure, I totally realize those are huge topics, and many people have full time jobs just focusing one one aspect of that. I guess what I'm really looking for is a good overview of standard operating procedures and rules of thumb for purchasing parts and inventory management.
I've seen a lot of really cool hobby projects turned small run commercial products in the music/synthesizer world and I guess I'm curious how you would go about sourcing parts for something like that in way that's close to how it's done professionally.
Also, more specifically what sort of tools do people typically use for managing inventory? How about comparing prices/vendors? I imagine something more sophisticated than a simple spreadsheet would be in order and I have to figure it's different from company to company, but are their any widely accepted industry standard tool?
As an electronics enthusiast, this really sheds a lot of light on different aspects of hardware/software development that I hadn't been exposed to before. I feel like there is a lot of tribal knowledge that people in the business or going to school for EE stuff are privy to that isn't always out there for the rest of us, so kudos for aggregating some of that.
along the same line, does anyone have further articles on hardware topics, like sourcing parts for commercial products? It's another part of electrical engineering and bringing products to market that I haven't seen much of online but would love to learn more about.
It seems like you are arguing against a couple of straw men here.
First off, no one is saying that we should give 100% of citizens foie gras and caviar.
While I understand your point about there being some stigma attached to funding and/or receiving food assistance, I think it would be lessened if it were freely available to everyone at their discretion. People (rich and poor alike) have certainly had no qualms about receiving unemployment in the current crisis and I think you will see a similar reaction to this food assistance program in New York.
Second, your example of a restaurant taking bags of rice is clearly not an issue with SNAP benefits as they exist in every state, nor is it a possible issue with the program in New York, since they are giving out full meals.
In fact, I expect that the system being trialed in New York will actually solve the issue of people selling or trading away their SNAP benefits, since poor folks just above the cutoff for snap, who would still benefit from food assistance, can just go and get a free meal themselves, rather than trading or buying discounted food from someone selling their SNAP benefits.
I've seen a lot of really cool hobby projects turned small run commercial products in the music/synthesizer world and I guess I'm curious how you would go about sourcing parts for something like that in way that's close to how it's done professionally.
Also, more specifically what sort of tools do people typically use for managing inventory? How about comparing prices/vendors? I imagine something more sophisticated than a simple spreadsheet would be in order and I have to figure it's different from company to company, but are their any widely accepted industry standard tool?