by Stefan Stanford, All News Pipeline:

Supply chains are not something most of us think about on a day-to-day basis. Or they weren’t, until the last few years, when we’ve been exposed, at least on the right, to the fragility and susceptibility of said supply chains. This author works in the shipping industry and has a few thoughts.

First and foremost, one needs a rudimentary understanding of how the supply chain actually works, so here is a summation. Let’s call it Supply Chain 101:

1 – A producer creates goods.