‘Insane’ Shipping Costs and Timelines: Just How Bad is it Out There?

Other than the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruption has been arguably the biggest topic of discussion in the greater manufacturing sector since March 2020. And even though impacts brought on by the pandemic have subsided (hopefully for good), supply chains are still significantly out of sorts compared to their “normal” state of operations at the end of 2019. Undoubtedly, labor issues are playing a part, as is a lingering global semiconductor shortage. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hasn’t helped matters, though its major supply chain impacts are relatively limited to the sectors of oil…