Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[Frostnipped Todger]

Not devastating on a global scale, but I ordered a hat from the US earlier this month. I watched it go in circles around the Midwest on the USPS website, and finally got this email...

 

[Hippopatumus]

So how is the Cathedral copesplaining away the labor shortage as acktchually not a result of a multi-industry strike over vax mandates/people now living off gibs because it's more profitable?

Is America experiencing an unofficial general strike? | Robert Reich

Across the country, people are refusing to return to backbreaking or mind-numbing low-wage jobs

www.theguardian.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/13/we-should-not-have-guess-why-americans-are-quitting-en-masse/

It's all so tiresome

 

[Polyboros2]

Ah steve where would we be without him.

Exactly where we are right now.

Please come back Steve

 

[Jimbobaggins]

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What's the knock on effect to coal fired powerstations going to be?

In the port of Duluth on great lakes, ships are still loading over 80,000 tons of coal on each ship nearly everyday. There's already 4 more ships scheduled to load coal within the next few days. If anything I've been noticing more ships than usual entering the port.

Now on to the port of Los Angles, the White House says it will run 24/7 now. Walmart, Fedex, and UPS will do the same.

UPS, FedEx, Walmart commit to 24/7 hours to alleviate LA port crunch

The White House says the Port of Los Angeles, UPS, FedEx and Walmart will commit to 24/7 work hours to alleviate a supply-chain crunch.

nypost.com

 

[AnotherPleb]

In the port of Duluth on great lakes, ships are still loading over 80,000 tons of coal on each ship nearly everyday. There's already 4 more ships scheduled to load coal within the next few days. If anything I've been noticing more ships than usual entering the port.

Now on to the port of Los Angles, the White House says it will run 24/7 now. Walmart, Fedex, and UPS will do the same.

UPS, FedEx, Walmart commit to 24/7 hours to alleviate LA port crunch

The White House says the Port of Los Angeles, UPS, FedEx and Walmart will commit to 24/7 work hours to alleviate a supply-chain crunch.

nypost.com

They can run all the hours they want but that backlog is still massive and the workers will start to tell their bosses to go fuck themselves.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

In the port of Duluth on great lakes, ships are still loading over 80,000 tons of coal on each ship nearly everyday. There's already 4 more ships scheduled to load coal within the next few days. If anything I've been noticing more ships than usual entering the port.

Now on to the port of Los Angles, the White House says it will run 24/7 now. Walmart, Fedex, and UPS will do the same.

UPS, FedEx, Walmart commit to 24/7 hours to alleviate LA port crunch

The White House says the Port of Los Angeles, UPS, FedEx and Walmart will commit to 24/7 work hours to alleviate a supply-chain crunch.

nypost.com

Ok. Let's say everyone agrees to work 7/12s for the next 10 weeks. First, who is going to work the other 12 hours? Second, are suspending hours of service and electronic driver logs for these companies? If not, this is just a feel good headline. If we are(I fucking doubt it) all the other trucking companies should ask where their exemption is.

 

[Random Internet Person]

They can run all the hours they want but that backlog is still massive and the workers will start to tell their bosses to go fuck themselves.

Depends on pay and vaccine mandates, I’m assuming.

 

[Hypnagogia]

I’m currently a supply chain stooge for a regional healthcare and hospital corporation in the Wisconsin northwoods. I see daily emails announcing some product or other is on back order, or the replacement for the item on back order is now back ordered and a tertiary substitute has to be found. Some of the problem items seem fairly specialized while others appear to be more mundane like catheter kits.

I deal with this issue too. I handle RX/OTC receiving and OTC ordering at a retail pharmacy in New Jersey. At least 75-90% of our OTCs are on backorder, including all substitutes. We carry medical supplies as well, but even common items such as rollators and wheelchairs are out of stock. Incontinence supplies, acetaminophen 325, and cleaning supplies are the hardest OTCs to get. We deal with quite a few wholesalers so the impact on Rxs is harder to tell, but I have seen that CII and other controlleds end up on the backorder list more often. Anyone worrying about their prescriptions should blame the insurance companies rather than availability. Both of our main wholesalers have constant website maintenance and driver shortages so that only compounds the issue. Most stores are pretty good about hiding how empty the shelves are by filling them with similar items. For example, we have about a dozen or so different kinds of extra strength Tylenol, but only one bottle of generic 325 mg. We can't even get M&Ms or anything from Coca-Cola so we order off-brand equivalents or weird flavors.

 

[AnotherPleb]

Depends on pay and vaccine mandates, I’m assuming.

Truckers right now have the ability to head anywhere they want and the companies know it. That alone fucks things up.

 

[FatalTater]

I heard from a family member that an awful lot of medicaid cab drivers aren't showing up for work lately. Not 100% sure if it's vaccine mandate related, but if you have to use that service be aware that there may be longer wait times.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

Some people ITT seem interested in taking up food gardening, but knowing KF demographics, may not have a lot of space and/or are unsure of where to start. Would anyone be interested in a long-ass garden post? I'd be happy to sperg and provide resources, but a quality post will take some time so I'd want to gauge interest first. Like if interested (or negrate if you're an urbanite bugman addicted to doordash).

Take it to the Gardening Thread.

 

[Sped Xing]

Truckers right now have the ability to head anywhere they want and the companies know it. That alone fucks things up.

This is only even more the case now than usually. If we weren't so mobile, we'd be making cleaning woman money, because any retard can do this job.

That, and when two truckers meet, often one of the first questions is "how much do you get paid?" It's a healthy question that other workers should take advantage of.

 

[Ser Prize]

It feels unique knowing you're living through a historically significant time period. Shame we skipped the 20's and went right for the 30's.

 

[Sped Xing]

The people who keep saying "buy Christmas presents ASAP" really need to think about their consumerist lifestyles.

 

[George Lucas]

The people who keep saying "buy Christmas presents ASAP" really need to think about their consumerist lifestyles.

Shut up fag. Maybe some of us actually want to be charitable toward people we care about by buying them thoughtful gifts, i.e. things they actually need and can make use of. Gifts are a legitimate love language for some people.

 

[Sped Xing]

Shut up fag. Maybe some of us actually want to be charitable toward people we care about by buying them thoughtful gifts, i.e. things they actually need and can make use of. Gifts are a legitimate love language for some people.

Spend harder on plastic made by slaves or you don't love your children.

 

[Jump]

Ok. Let's say everyone agrees to work 7/12s for the next 10 weeks. First, who is going to work the other 12 hours? Second, are suspending hours of service and electronic driver logs for these companies? If not, this is just a feel good headline. If we are(I fucking doubt it) all the other trucking companies should ask where their exemption is.

Ya you are right. Truckers are still limited on the hours are they can drive between downtime. Any why would they want to kill themselves pushing 18 hour days? They can already name their price now and get it.

Gifts are a legitimate love language for some people.

Buying chink shit with zero effort on Amazon 1click is not love. .
Maybe put some effort and real thought in and come up with a gift produced locally to you? Or make something yourself for them?

 

[The golden neckbeard]

Finally starting to notice missing shit....

Nobody has wants to explain why this is happening. Is it because of Coof and Vaxx deaths?

This can't be blamed on mandates, this problem is 6 months in the making. Is it China tighening the noose?

So many questions. The fact we don't even know why this is happening is insane. The government has all sorts of reasons they are tossing out but none of them make any sense. Delta? lol...didn't effect China one bit...didn't effect our ports at all. Shit stinks here

I feel like China maybe tighening the noose on us and its deliberate. They are buying out Coal everywhere they can, delaying factory orders at every chance. They know its inflationary and are doing it on purpose.


Sorry if its been explained in depth in the thread but i dont feel like reading all 38 pages right now but i dont have to dig far to see China's fingerprints all over this and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it except seethe and pay more. We are no longer in a position of strength on trade, we have no factories whatsoever.

So how is the Cathedral copesplaining away the labor shortage as acktchually not a result of a multi-industry strike over vax mandates/people now living off gibs because it's more profitable?

The labor shortage i completely understand

As Zerohedge put it,

The workforce has decided it doesn't make sense to be employed right now even as benefits expired months ago. The way wages are, there is no point in seeking employment. Prices are Rising much too rapidly to warrant wanting employment. You can be miserable and unemployed or miserable and employed, it isn't a hard decision for most.


Vaccine mandates have barely showed up in the numbers. 2/3 of the country isn't even caring about mandates.

Inflation is keeping people away from work. Nobody is gonna work for $12 an hour when minimum rent in a cuckshed is $1600 a month. Companys that pay $12 an hour simply cant pay more, a brutal recession has to take place soon and correct maleinvest. Its economics....but the fed keeps messing around

The labor shortage is going to get awful be ready for that....the question is will participation rise if prices continue to rise in parallel? I would think not. Classic Hyperinflation model that will put us in Venezuelan territory before 2025.

 

[Sped Xing]

Right? All the boomers are complaining "nobody wants to work anymore." Why woukd they want to work if it just makes their lives shittier?

 

[Jump]

This can't be blamed on mandates, this problem is 6 months in the making. Is it China tighening the noose?

Doomers and preppers where saying JustInTime supply chains where a really bad idea for years. But the smart experts all said having warehouses full of things you need was dumb. Computers and shit can overcome it all!

>So the retail stores go JIT. No more back stock rooms. Someone buys 1 coffee machine the computer system orders 1 coffee maker to replace it on the shelf.
>It works great in the store lets push JIT to the local warehouse! Things are streamlined to come in and go out the same day. No pallets of coffee makers sitting around.
>Great lets push JIT to regional distribution center! . We have zero waste! Nothing ever sits around and goes unsold when a new model comes out!
>Then JIT moves in to manufacturing. Why stock 1000's of coffee timer microchips when we can just order them on demand as orders come in?
etc etc deeper and deeper in to the supply chain.

The smart men built these massive JIT chains and we are seeing what happens when a link or 2 breaks.