Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina, will "likely lead to long-term shortages" of medicine
Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina, will "likely lead to long-term shortages" of medicine
A major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant was severely damaged after a deadly tornado ripped through North Carolina on Wednesday.
A major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant was severely damaged after a deadly tornado ripped through North Carolina on Wednesday.
Unfortunate? Yes. Do I feel bad for Pfizer? No. For their employees? Yes.
Should a company with as much capital have redundancy in their manufacturing facilities to the point that “shortages” are nearly unthinkable? Absolutely.
This is the problem with just in time supply chains
Covid taught them nothing. It's not short-term profitable so it's unthinkable.
Destruction such as this will never again be uncommon.
This as a sneak preview not many years into the future, when there'll be no workable supply chains at all, as climate change wreaks hellish havoc everywhere, consistently.
If your dicky don't ticky that's tricky