The global supply chain isn't improving

Asked by the Washington Examiner how global supply chains are faring, an ASU supply chain expert said they're 'not well' and warned, 'The problems are getting worse before getting better.'

Asked by the Washington Examiner how global supply chains are faring, an ASU supply chain expert said they're "not well" and warned, "The problems are getting worse before getting better."

In this story published Sept. 16, 2021, in the Washington Examiner:

We are trying to push a pig through a python rather than a bird, and that is causing unnatural reactions. A case in point is the recent story about over 40 container ships anchored outside the Port of [Los Angeles] not having space to unload their goods. Transpacific capacity remains ‘oversubscribed,' with shortages in virtually every ‘handoff’ from Asian factory to U.S. store shelf.

– Hitendra Chatuvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management