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> Even in the "real world" overly complex and distributed supply chains are a source of problems - and much the same problems as sprawling dependency trees: The
by throw_m239339 5y ago
> Even in the "real world" overly complex and distributed supply chains are a source of problems - and much the same problems as sprawling dependency trees: They are the cause of unnecessary environmental pollution (by shipping components around the world for purely financial or organisational reasons), they decrease transparency (because it's difficult to understand what kind of companies at the very end of the supply chains actually produce your parts) and they introduce risk of failure.
Such as pertinent real world parallel. Although, it seems that today, the global supply chain seems to be suffering from a "leftpad" issue when it comes to electronics as a few factories in Taiwan and South Korea produce chips used almost everywhere, and some of the factories are in trouble for various reasons.
- Brian_K_White 5y agoEven simple stuff. There has been a problem for years that it's actually hard to prove what's actually in a jar of honey on a grocery store shelf, even in a country with strong consumer safety regulation. Is it even honey or is it fake? Where did it really come from and how was it actually produced and what ingredients are actually in it? There is a label that claims to answer all of that, but it often actually doesn't.