By Edward Hertzman
Fast Company
Supply chain delays have been in the headlines for months now. The backlog of containers off the California ports and the doomsday holiday shopping forecasts have both consumers and executives wondering when these historic bottlenecks will finally let up. When will we be able to resume our normal purchasing patterns, and when will talk of inflation and production shortages wane?
Some, including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, see these slowdowns as short-lived. At a conference last month, he predicted that the supply chain issues wouldn’t even be on our radar next year