iRobot obtained supply chain economies of scale at millions of units that it did not have at tens of thousands.
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Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Reasoning
Its internal supply chain costs at different volumes are not publicly reported.
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Rodney Brooks, “iRobot obtained supply chain economies of scale at millions of units that it did not have at tens of thousands.” (said 29 September 2024). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_907fe715d4e3, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_907fe715d4e3
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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