supply chain failure
Distribution network collapse
Supply chain failure is a breakdown in the network of suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors that moves goods from raw materials to consumers.
When any link fails—a factory closes, a port backs up, a supplier runs short—products don't reach their destination: The chip shortage caused supply chain failures across the auto industry.
The term gained widespread use during pandemic-era disruptions.
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- lead timeInterval before completion
delay · backlog · stockout · out of stock · warehouse · freight · shipping · last mile · containers · ports · cargo ship · gridlock · scarcity · inventory · procurement · global trade · vendor · collapse
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- business failurebankruptcy court, insolvency, liquidation, closure, shutdown
- corporate crisesbankruptcy filing, scandal, lawsuit, layoffs, data breach