[Citroënbender]

I’ve been told by someone with good (current) inside knowledge, the BOM management are trying to slim down local forecast and analysis crews, and import so much as they can, all in the name of short term savings.

This bothers me several ways: We are beholden to service price changes by third parties. We lose local input (the “old hands” who could tell you confidently when an apparent circumstance was going to about-face) and most importantly, we compromise our national security with the risk of either malicious misinformation or insight to strategic plays.

TLDR: Expect more rubbish forecasting.