83% of supply chains fail 24-hour disruption response (www.manilatimes.net)

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[-] robsuto@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago

Duh?

For at least the last 30 years, the world has been designed around Just in Time manufacturing, which keeps as little raw material in stock as possible.

[-] BellaDonna@mujico.org 6 points 1 week ago

Exactly, JIT as a philosophy doesn't tolerate interruptions. Logistics are not resilient to supply chain shortages.

[-] Tiltinyall@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Try getting a day off at a large distributor. They are hell to deal with. I'm so glad I'm doing construction logistics now.

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