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Supply chain resiliency has less to do with "reshoring" then it does about common-sense redundancy to just-in-time manufacturing chains. Toyota understood this
by XorNot 5y ago
Supply chain resiliency has less to do with "reshoring" then it does about common-sense redundancy to just-in-time manufacturing chains. Toyota understood this and has faired better then most through the pandemic, whereas most others stalled out and had no real recovery plans.
It's also crucial to note that the car companies in particular have managed to demonstrate a shocking lack of foresight here: half the problem with the chip shortage was executive panic at gasp maybe having old stock on hand, and completely mispredicting that car sales would go up and not down.