The global supply chain debacle is only just beginning

Some countries are undoubtedly better placed than others. While the supply chain in the United States generally depends on a multitude of interconnected systems and companies all operating independently, in many cases exclusively, so as to avoid industrial espionage, in other countries, ports are managed by fully integrated systems more akin to a homogeneous API that allows operations to be coordinated more efficiently. But at this stage of the crisis, it almost doesn’t matter: the effect of the collapse of certain nodes has spread to all links in the chain and now affects everyone.

Supply chains are not expected to return to normal until next year, and many analysts believe that the situation will get worse before it gets better. Like a vast row of giant dominoes, these bottlenecks are forcing factories to close for lack of supplies, leaving stores with empty shelves, and many businesses in despair. There is no single sticking point…

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