---
id: "action-in-house-workarounds"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ Fierce Efficiency"]
tags: ["supply-chain", "manufacturing"]
related: ["concept-fierce-efficiency"]
action: "Fabricate delayed or missing components in-house rather than accepting external supply chain delays."
outcome: "Maintained project momentum and increased organizational self-sufficiency."
speakers: ["Peter Beck"]
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-119-rocket-lab-founder"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/03/the-founder-of-rocket-lab-on-competing-with-billionaires-to-lead-in-space"
sourceTitle: "The Founder of Rocket Lab on Competing with Billionaires to Lead in Space"
---
# Develop In-House Workarounds for Supply-Chain Blocks

When faced with long waitlists or missing components from external suppliers, do not accept the delay. Cultivate a team capable of fabricating the missing piece in-house — for example, 3D-printing a valve or building a curing oven — to maintain schedule momentum. This is the self-sufficiency muscle of [[concept-fierce-efficiency]] and a practical route toward the broader [[concept-aerospace-vertical-integration]].

**Action:** Fabricate delayed or missing components in-house rather than accepting external supply-chain delays.

**Expected outcome:** Maintained project momentum and increased organizational self-sufficiency.