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The challenge with letting suppliers ahead of time causes the problem of information control. Who do you tell what information and then what is done with that. For example if AndyMark was told that they would need to have available a bunch of treads and pneumatic wheels then obviously they start buying more of this. Now I don't know how many AndyMark employees also serve as mentors to teams, but if they did and they started noticing that hey, where getting a lot more pneumatic tires, or we need to produce and have available more Rhino treads, maybe my team is going to need a stronger than usual drive train this year. Does this really tell you any accurate details of the game, no; however, it does give these teams some time in the offseason to start working on chassis designs a head of time and give them a head start when kick off come around.