Most people picture a shortage beginning at the store. The shelf is empty, the price jumps, and a sign appears limiting purchases to two per customer. By then, the real problem may have started weeks earlier inside a building you have never heard of. One factory floods. One chemical plant shuts down. One warehouse loses power. One manufacturer finds contamination and halts production. Suddenly dozens of companies cannot get the same ingredient, component, bottle, cap, filter membrane, circuit board, or piece of packaging. That is one of the real weaknesses of the modern supply chain. A product category may look…

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