The coronavirus pandemic has placed stress on global supply chains at unprecedented levels. There are many factors that have contributed to this including increased demand, Covid-related labour shortages, and a scarcity of raw materials, and what started with bottlenecks at international shipping terminals has reverberated throughout supply chains, all the way down to warehouses and distribution centers.The strain created by these overwhelmed systems are causing developed countries to now rethink their dependencies, and Australia is no exception. Even as economies rebound and businesses reopen across the globe indicate the search for a return to normalcy, the ramifications of a …
