Eventually, vehicles might book themselves in for repair and order the necessary spare parts before they arrive at the garage.

ECONOMIST: Vehicle telemetry

EasyJet flies only Boeing 737s in order to save on spare-parts inventory.

FORBES: Proving Papa Wrong

Luckily, with the factory came a stack of Trabi spare parts, which Sachsenring sold at a huge mark-up in order to bring in cash during a hard first year.

ECONOMIST: Industry in eastern Germany