It feels like America is running out of everything

Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by godshatter on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:39PM (#28788740)

Companies are in love with JIT, so they don't warehouse many products. When disruptions in the supply chain happen it's then up to the customers to do their warehousing for them.

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Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by 8note on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:53PM (#28788950)

There's a tax on inventory in warehouses. The government wants JIT too

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Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by nradov on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:02PM (#28789120)

Most states don't tax inventory.

https://taxfoundation.org/state-business-inventory-tax-2021/

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Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by epakai on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:23PM (#28790243)

Cool, never knew this having only worked in Texas. Both "phone maker" and "online retailer" had year-end efforts to reduce warehouse value before we took inventory. For retail it kind of works out okayish because it coincides with the holiday season, but for less elastic demand it puts an extra burden. I remember things like shifting inventory to a customer to have it returned after inventory.

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Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by lotsofpulp on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:59PM (#28792637)

> I remember things like shifting inventory to a customer to have it returned after inventory.

This seems like something that would have been obvious to outlaw when drafting the legislation for the tax.

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