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The Tiny Part That Stops the Factory

Global Semiconductor Shortage

Disruption exposure HighContemporaryIndustry19 MIN READ

During the global semiconductor shortage, components worth only a few dollars could prevent vehicles worth tens of thousands from being completed. The chapter examines capacity constraints, long production lead times, allocation, hidden upstream dependencies and why an item's supply-chain criticality has little relationship to its purchase price.

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