Supply Chain Crisis: 500,000 Containers Stuck At US Ports.

US ports are backed up and there is a supply chain crisis currently happening.

SCM Quotes

“Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation’s freight rail system create many problems.” ~Bill Lipinski
“They’re measurements which express the goal of making money perfectly well, but which also permit you to develop operational rules for running your plant,” he says. “There are three of them. Their names are throughput, inventory and operational expense.” ~ Eliyahu M. Goldratt
“Supply chain is in the crawling stage of using artificial intelligence. In the next 5 years AI will revolutionize supply chain in ways most people haven’t even though of yet.” ~Dave Waters
“Amazon has overreached. In service of its fledgling drone delivery operation, Prime Air, Amazon appears to be planning to force communities to accept drone flights at any time of day or night – and is working overtime to ensure that states and cities cannot protect their residents from drones.” ~Robin Hayes
“What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tailwind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.” ~Jeff Bezos.
“The digital supply chain has the potential to completely change supply chain. However, do your due diligence before rushing in.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com.