Excellent article by USA Today, which summarizes supply issues in the consumer disinfectant category during the COVID19 crisis in the United States.
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“So how did we get into this mess anyway?
Disinfectant products depend on a complex global supply chain, much of it centered in China.
The other reason disinfectants are out of stock?
Why were U.S. inventories so limited in the first place? A massive wave of cost-cutting by U.S. manufacturers over the past few decades, says Burt Flickinger III, managing director of retail consulting firm Strategic Resource Group.
Working capital slashed. Plants consolidated and closed. Warehouses and distribution centers shuttered. And manufacturers moved to a “just in time” system to manage inventory which, by using sophisticated models to forecast demand, made it possible to produce, ship and stock as few goods as possible.”
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