Ships stuck at sea, warehouses overflowing, trucks without drivers: The highly intricate and interconnected global #supply chain is in upheaval, with little end in sight.
The turmoil has revealed how the need to ship surgical masks to West #Africa from #China can have a cascading effect on #Ford’s ability to put back-up cameras on its cars at factories in #Ohio and delay the arrival of #Amazon Prime orders in #Florida in time for the holidays.
In one way or another, much of the crisis can be traced to the outbreak of #Covid-19.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/05/business/economy/supply-chain.html #economy #capitalism #amazon #inflation #crisis