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Can You Trust Your Suppliers After a Lousy 2021?
So long as the supply chain is marred by a trust deficit, the snarls that upended global trade this year will continue.
In ports we trust.
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The supply chain crunch has turned the once-staid world of manufacturing and industrials upside down. The imbalance is so severe that consumers are feeling the pain, as prices of raw materials and goods are thrown out of whack. Debates about inflationary pressures are raging. What more could go wrong? Well, a lot. Especially if the grease that makes the wheels turn starts drying out.
That lubricant is trust.