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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. As some component lead times push into 2023, the shortage is expected to last 24 months before it recedes – similar to the chip shortage of 2008-2009. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

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. Overall, total spending on logistics rose to a record of nearly $1.5 trillion in 2017, up 6.2%