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Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same | A WSJ Documentary - YouTube

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Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to m...

Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined. Photo illustration: Adele Morgan 0:00 Where’s my stuff? How record demand broke supply chains 3:10 Ocean shipping—the journey from Asia 8:01 Inside America’s most backlogged port 13:50 Why there aren’t enough truck drivers 26:00 The humans and robots working in fulfillment…

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