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<blockquote data-quote="Feyoder" data-source="post: 1532595" data-attributes="member: 14063">The trucking industry can't get enough chips:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922040241/https://www.verdict.co.uk/general-motors-chip-shortage-supply/[/URL]Or parts:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922042323/https://mtac.us/def-sensor-failures-sideline-thousands-of-trucks/[/URL]So thousands of trucks are sitting idle.They're also having huge trouble finding drivers:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922040616/https://www.trucking.org/news-insights/ata-releases-updated-driver-shortage-report-and-forecast[/URL]And keeping the ones they do have:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/cross-border-truck-drivers-to-face-vaccine-mandate/1003154086/[/URL]A Texas co. offering drivers $14k per week to drive:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922041253/https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/texas-company-offering-truck-drivers-14k-per-week[/URL]And what's concerning is that supply chain is already very fragile due to almost complete reliance on imports and just-in-time logistics where reserves of inputs are kept low to minimize costs:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://web.archive.org/web/20210928165749/https://www.verdict.co.uk/applied-materials-chip-shortage/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Feyoder, post: 1532595, member: 14063"] The trucking industry can't get enough chips: [URL unfurl="true"]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922040241/https://www.verdict.co.uk/general-motors-chip-shortage-supply/[/URL] Or parts: [URL unfurl="true"]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922042323/https://mtac.us/def-sensor-failures-sideline-thousands-of-trucks/[/URL] So thousands of trucks are sitting idle. They're also having huge trouble finding drivers: [URL unfurl="true"]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922040616/https://www.trucking.org/news-insights/ata-releases-updated-driver-shortage-report-and-forecast[/URL] And keeping the ones they do have: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/cross-border-truck-drivers-to-face-vaccine-mandate/1003154086/[/URL] A Texas co. offering drivers $14k [B]per week [/B]to drive: [URL unfurl="true"]https://web.archive.org/web/20210922041253/https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/texas-company-offering-truck-drivers-14k-per-week[/URL] And what's concerning is that supply chain is already very fragile due to almost complete reliance on imports and [B]just-in-time[/B] logistics where reserves of inputs are kept low to minimize costs: [URL unfurl="true"]https://web.archive.org/web/20210928165749/https://www.verdict.co.uk/applied-materials-chip-shortage/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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