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Why the world needs to move on from just-in-time supply chains Kim Moody

A price shock on the global natural gas markets brings down several small UK energy providers, leaving customers without heating and facing rising fuel prices. A fire knocks out the huge cable sending electricity from France to the UK, threatening homes with darkness and increasing power bills. The container ship Ever Given, bound for Felixstowe from Malaysia, gets stuck in the Suez canal for six days, backing up shipping traffic at an estimated cost of $1bn and delaying that electronic gadget you ordered from Amazon Prime.

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