supply disruption
Chain flow stoppage
A supply disruption is an interruption in the normal flow of goods, materials, or services through a supply chain.
Causes range from natural disasters and labor strikes to geopolitical conflicts and pandemics: The chip shortage caused massive supply disruptions in the auto industry.
The term gained widespread use during COVID-19 when global logistics networks faltered simultaneously.
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- chip shortageInsufficient integrated circuit supply
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- backlogAccumulated unfinished work
delay · lead time · just in time · stockout · out of stock · embargo · blockade · logistics · freight · warehouse · inventory · raw materials · shipping · shipping container · port · trucking · pipeline · outage
- Energy Crisisoil shortage, gas shortage, fuel crisis, power outage, rolling blackout
- crop threatspests, pest, blight, drought, disease
- transportation issuestraffic congestion, traffic jams, congestion, gridlock, road safety
- blackoutspower outage, power failure, power cut, outage, total blackout
- embargoestrade embargo, oil embargo, arms embargo, economic embargo, trade ban
- faminestarvation, mass starvation, hunger, famine victims, crop failure