Listen to a Podcast About Supply Chain

Understand the invisible networks that deliver everything you buy — logistics, inventory management, global shipping, just-in-time manufacturing, and the disruptions that expose fragility.

Toyota's just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing system, developed by Taiichi Ohno in the 1950s-60s, revolutionized supply chains by minimizing inventory and reducing waste, but the COVID-19 pandemic exposed its vulnerability when a single disruption cascaded across global production lines. The Ever Given container ship blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021, holding up an estimated $9.6 billion in trade per day and demonstrating how dependent global commerce is on a few critical chokepoints. Approximately 80% of global trade by volume moves by sea in standardized shipping containers — an innovation pioneered by Malcolm McLean in 1956 that reduced cargo loading costs by over 90% and enabled the modern era of globalization.

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