The impact of the COVID pandemic on the global supply chain has been widely reported. But extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories worldwide, and experts warn these climate-induced disruptions will only get worse.
The impact of the Covid pandemic on the global supply chain has been widely reported. But extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories worldwide, and experts warn these climate-induced disruptions will only get worse.
In Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy, Christopher Mims announces his goal up front: to convince you of "this astonishing fact: You live inside a factory. We all do. And you are also a worker inside that factory." Although Arriving Today doesn’t quite end up making that argument, it paints a compelling picture of the elephantine supply chain that delivers products to our doorsteps. Needless to say, its publication is timely.
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