Temporary Empty Shelves Are Not a Supply Chain Crisis, It Is Important to Understand the Difference

[Michie]

This Forum is a place for respectful discussion and debate of political issues, by Roman Catholics, in the context of the Roman Catholic Faith.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of wrong information being discussed and shared. Even reputable regional media are giving inaccurate information, making wrong interpretations {LINK}, and generally getting the explanations wrong. Additionally, there’s general misinterpretations of ordinary outages based on the day of the week (Sunday) and bad weather in the Northeast {ex Twitter Thread}.

All of these #BidensEmptyShelvesassumptions, which are being heightened by increased attention and social media, are leading to confusion.

An empty retail shelf or case for a 24, 36 to 48-hour period is not, I repeat, NOT, part of a systemic supply chain disruption. Those are mostly location and regional specific out of stock situations caused by localized events, weather and employee shortages.

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[Petros2015]

Well, we are staving off cardiac arrest by getting a bypass done essentially.
Which is good, your line of ships off shore at the clogged ports is in the 70's,
roughly where it was in November and not escalating. It might actually slowly drain now instead of continuing to pile up.

Inland port priority : The Indicator from Planet Money