Smart Home Designs Inc. is a company that produces high-end…
Smart Home Designs Inc. is a company that produces high-end “smart home products”. One afternoon, a fire breaks out in their production facility, destroying a critical piece of machinery that produces most of the “smart product’s” circuit boards. Smart Home Designs contacts the manufacturer of the machine, and arranges for expedited shipping of a replacement machine which costs a whopping $10,000. Despite this, the earliest the machine can arrive is in seven days. As a result, Smart Home Designs is unable to manufacture or sell any smart home products for at least one week. The underlined portion of the above scenario is example of what?