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The pandemic caused all kinds of transportation disruptions – whether due to a lack of workers, problems at a port or something else – most of which triggered the bullwhip effect.

Butter, garage doors & SUVs: Why shortages remain common 2½ years into the pandemic

Oct 3, 2022 ◇ Michael Okrent/Colorado State University Global /The Conversation

Shortages of basic goods still plague the U.S. economy – 2½ years after the pandemic’s onset turned global supply chains upside down, and while each product experiencing a shortage has its own story as to what went wrong, at the root of most is a concept called the “bullwhip effect.” Read more»