Train, boat, truck, it's the supply chain #598

March 14, 2022

I'm sure we've all heard the phrase 'supply chain disruption' by now. It might bring to mind ships floating outside LA or trucks jackknifed across a highway in the snow. But it's far, far more than that. Get ready for miles of conveyor belts and the largest robot in the world. Christopher Mims is here to talk about his book Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy.

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Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy

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Christopher Mims

Christopher Mims is the author of Arriving Today, about how everything gets from the factory to our front doors, and is a technology columnist at the Wall Street Journal.

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