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"As we emerge from the aftermath of the flooding, we are mindful of coming back with a more robust supply chain model that seeks to disperse in-house and supplier risks across geographies and factory locations. This dispersal of volumes across a wider geographical area will contribute to some structural and logistical cost increases which should be recovered from customers in order to maintain the continuing investment required in what is a high-technology and capital intensive business. An unanticipated benefit of our recovery activities is that we are taking advantage of the downtime to improve process efficiencies and cycle-times.
— Western Digital Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Conference Call
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