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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

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Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

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from the year before, and about $250 billion more than companies spent on logistics in 2008. If things don't change, and we continue up this progression, by 2026, we will be at 170,000 drivers short. A 2014 study by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte projected that employment in manufacturing and warehousing would fall a 2 to 3.5