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

[Only A Retard Sometimes]

From the biden thread.

my response to that.

My store's frozen food/ice cream/candy truck didnt come yesterday. That means no TV dinners, Steaks, ground beef, pork etc. some of our best selling products didnt show up. DESPITE telling us they were going to arrive at 5:00PM.

 

[Stoneheart]

So im having major problems getting christmas presents made in china/us/uk, board games are a mess, electrostuff is a mess and its impossible to get 40k stuff.
I think i will have to gift alot more bottles than normal- Japanese whisky is easy to get and cheaper than normal for some reasons, got a bottle of nikka for 29.99 normaly its more like 40...

 

[Sped Xing]

Whisky is a great gift for the kiddoes.

Nothing says "perfect christmas" like all the chilluns passed out.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Whisky is a great gift for the kiddoes.

Nothing says "perfect christmas" like all the chilluns passed out.

Not only that but maybe we'll finally be able to gift our children proper american made products like tobacco and guns.

 

[z0mb0]

That old trucker's sperg overlooks something, specifically certain possibilities of terminal failure or "managed decline" or whatever you want to call it. He's sort of assuming that everything will continue balls-to-the-wall and it'll just cost more and take longer, everyone will do their best, and certainly in the short term he seems to be correct.

In in the slightly longer term however, since he says there's essentially nothing to be done about it anyway, nothing that'll take less than several years and tons of investment if it ever gets done at all, I would expect to see a shift to simply having less product capacity overall. That is, less stuff. Less variety of stuff. Less actual manufacturing, translating into less shipping. Think about the abundance of shit we've gotten used to. Every corner has a retail operation stocking a huge variety of products, even in bumfuck towns. There's so much waste, even crappy products don't see use until the end of their (short) service lives.

I think that in the long run, assuming he's right and there's not a practical solution to the keep the wheels of consumption rolling as fast as they used to, there'll just be less stuff. This would also entail a holocaust in retail (and certain affiliates of retail) as they have to pare their operations back and only stock 3 kinds of chinese shirt instead of 10. The JIT and lean systems will probably have to be curtailed and stock warehoused again to keep common goods regularly available - imagine the losses those companies will post on paper (aka the stock market)? Honestly thinking about it makes me feel good but the reality is that this kind of event will probably occur right alongside (or even inseparably from) a massive economic depression... hmm.

I noticed a few things he said that don't track which leads me to think his union rep told him what to say. Makes no mention of union shops/drivers and free workers having a pretty antagonistic relationship which leads to things get moved around out of spite which will end up making transport times much longer. or the fact that the teamsters unions are pretty gutted do to less members having to pay out the pensions (which at 20 years in he could be of the last gen. to get that over 401ks) which really weakened them. not saying he's totally full of shit but i would'nt put too much stock in what he's saying.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

I can't wait until everything shuts down for some reason on Dec 8th on the US. My sister was laughing at me for buying a tent.

Putting you down for eating a Santa Hat on Dec9th, and sticking a Menorah up your ass when everything doesn't shut down on Dec 8th.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

on a side not hanukkah is from November 28th to December 6th this year, meaning our jewish friends know deep down to stock up on essentials "just in case" during those dates

 

[Toolbox]

Pharmacies are getting absolutely fucked around here, shutting down hours before they usually do. Unsure if it's purely stock or if it's that and a lack of employees, but I think pharmacists have also been getting pissed at having to give out more shots versus the work they really signed up for and a few have quit. Earlier in the thread I said grochery stores lack of stock would be what makes people aware of the supply joke, but this seems more likely. If the average person can't get meds reliably I think that alone is going to wake more people up to this nonsense.

 

[Puff]

Pharmacies are getting absolutely fucked around here, shutting down hours before they usually do. Unsure if it's purely stock or if it's that and a lack of employees, but I think pharmacists have also been getting pissed at having to give out more shots versus the work they really signed up for and a few have quit. Earlier in the thread I said grochery stores lack of stock would be what makes people aware of the supply joke, but this seems more likely. If the average person can't get meds reliably I think that alone is going to wake more people up to this nonsense.

It's always hiring. Without PLing too much, I'm stuck doing my own work in a bidness I own over not being able to hire literally anyone at a reasonable price.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

It's always hiring. Without PLing too much, I'm stuck doing my own work in a bidness I own over not being able to hire literally anyone at a reasonable price.

>at a reasonable price

have you tried renaming them moderators instead of employees? i heard people do that for free

 

[Glad I couldn't help]

I just read a rumor that there's a paper shortage incoming. European presses have stop production until the end of the year; it probably come to the US within the next few weeks.

 

[Billy Beer]

It's always hiring. Without PLing too much, I'm stuck doing my own work in a bidness I own over not being able to hire literally anyone at a reasonable price.

I'll come and work for you buddy, you seem like a good boss.

 

[AnotherOne]

I noticed a few things he said that don't track which leads me to think his union rep told him what to say. Makes no mention of union shops/drivers and free workers having a pretty antagonistic relationship which leads to things get moved around out of spite which will end up making transport times much longer. or the fact that the teamsters unions are pretty gutted do to less members having to pay out the pensions (which at 20 years in he could be of the last gen. to get that over 401ks) which really weakened them. not saying he's totally full of shit but i would'nt put too much stock in what he's saying.

Trucking unions are an ossified mess and from what I can tell shipping isn't any better.
Also there's a contradiction in his argument. "Nobody picks up shipping containers any more because the lines are too long".

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

Trucking unions are an ossified mess and from what I can tell shipping isn't any better.
Also there's a contradiction in his argument. "Nobody picks up shipping containers any more because the lines are too long".

S'not really a contradiction - Yer not picking up a container when yer sitting in a line that isn't moving.

 

[ZMOT]

In retail "space" would be saved if they more aggressively ditched shit that didn't sell in that store. "DUR HUR WE NEED OUR MEXICAN CHEESE SECTION DESPITE THROWING IT ALL AWAY CAUSE WE SELL 4 OF THEM"

isn't that what discount stores do? might be an explanation why aldi and lidl can deal better for now.

So im having major problems getting christmas presents made in china/us/uk, board games are a mess, electrostuff is a mess and its impossible to get 40k stuff.
I think i will have to gift alot more bottles than normal- Japanese whisky is easy to get and cheaper than normal for some reasons, got a bottle of nikka for 29.99 normaly its more like 40...

I'd say time to get a 3d printer mate, but almost all of them are made in china, so...

This shit is why autonomous trucks will never work, since no one is going to program the truck to run over niggers due to legal issues.

oh, they will, however the profit will be eaten by the guard squad driving in the truck or behind it. but see, it can drive on it's own!

 

[Sped Xing]

Trucking unions are an ossified mess and from what I can tell shipping isn't any better.
Also there's a contradiction in his argument. "Nobody picks up shipping containers any more because the lines are too long".

As much as I'd heard of trucking unions being this huge deal all my life, most of the truckers I know scoff at the idea of joining a union.

It's hard to do collective bargaining when competent scabs can be hired anywhere nationwide.

 

[Phalanges Mycologist]

Pharmacies are getting absolutely fucked around here, shutting down hours before they usually do. Unsure if it's purely stock or if it's that and a lack of employees, but I think pharmacists have also been getting pissed at having to give out more shots versus the work they really signed up for and a few have quit. Earlier in the thread I said grochery stores lack of stock would be what makes people aware of the supply joke, but this seems more likely. If the average person can't get meds reliably I think that alone is going to wake more people up to this nonsense.

I don't know if it's a shortage but I had to go to two pharmacies today to collect life critical meds for someone today, they had called over the dispensary order from one store to the other and it only took 15 minutes for it to be filled but while I was in the queue I noticed a lot of there generic pain killers in both shops where running a little low like 1 or 2 box's on the shelf but the more expensive brand name stuff was in stock with no issue with the only differnace between the two are nicer box are and 30 - 40% higher cost.

I've bought some box's of ibuprofen and paracetamol from the shop just in case, along with some cold medication.

I just read a rumor that there's a paper shortage incoming. European presses have stop production until the end of the year; it probably come to the US within the next few weeks.

That might explain the price hike for some sketchbooks.

 

[JustSomeDong]

My homeowners insurance went up about ten bucks, which isn't a big deal, as my coverage went up about 40k. It costs more to replace/rebuild everything, nowadays. They take stuff like the price of building materials into account. So, keep an eye on those insurance bills, kiddos. Just one more knock on effect of this whole shitshow.

 

[RX-78]

From the biden thread.

You can't fuck with people's tendies and not expect things to get very ugly very quickly.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

So im having major problems getting christmas presents made in china/us/uk, board games are a mess, electrostuff is a mess and its impossible to get 40k stuff.
I think i will have to gift alot more bottles than normal- Japanese whisky is easy to get and cheaper than normal for some reasons, got a bottle of nikka for 29.99 normaly its more like 40...

People were saying there was a glass shortage, but past two times (September and earlier today) at the liquor store it looked absolutely the same as always. I could find all the big brands (i.e. overpriced stuff I won't drink like Bacardi, Jack, etc. which said they had shortages) imports, local stuff, etc. No price hikes either. Maybe my state's liquor distributors are good at getting and moving their stock around? Maybe the store I go to is so big it gets the first pick?

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if things will stay like that since this manufactured crisis will go on for quite a while.