Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
by scott_s on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:16PM
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Correct; there was a market shift, where all of the demand for commercial toilet paper went to consumer toilet paper. Because of that shift, there was a real shortage in consumer toilet paper. Unfortunately, the myth that this shortage was entirely an induced panic seems to have caught on. For more, see https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/4/3/21206942/toilet-paper...
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Re:There Is a Tennis Ball Shortage Too Now
by bsder on Saturday August 14, 2021 @09:44PM
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> Unfortunately, the myth that this shortage was entirely an induced panic
People don't get that even a 25% jump in consumption is going to take quite a while to rattle through our optimized supply chains.
Everything has been optimized to the penny for exactly the consumption as it exists--and not a whit more. Inventory anywhere is seen as a dire business failing to be eradicated. As such, there is zero cushion against even small demand changes.
Maximally efficient is minimally robust.