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What is supply chain?

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For instance, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down electronics factories, and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey disrupted US oil refineries and petrochemical plants, ultimately leading to shortages of some plastics and resins critical to different industries. How do great supply chain organizations work?

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New Survey from NAW Shows Wholesale Distribution Industry Faces Massive Disruption

Fastener News Desk

It will likely delay the delivery of inventory products used by critical aerospace and defense contractors. We are an electronic component distributor. There are no real mitigation options. UPS is too big of a factor in the book industry. A strike would have a harmful impact.