Hey John !
During two large contracts, this is exactly what went wrong. A very big Beltway Bandit with way too much on their plate - my contract ended up with a "logistics specialist" who unceremoniously dumped a line item because the potential vendor I had worked with before (and provided as a reliable source) was not their source. The log spec then ordered some other friggin doohickey that was not only incorrect for the intended application, but way too expensive resulting in me ending up short for my units.
Precisely ! All of the above
Basically sub-assemblies that we refer to as "tools" (weapons) that are sub-contracted to a third party (your pet rock theory in action). By ordering a different widget and the sub-assemblies for that wrong widget, I end up with a logistical nightmare trying to store non-standard ammo and spares.
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