Lack of toilet paper is a supply chain issue. To manufacture toilet paper, you need pulpwood. To get pulpwood you need forest workers to cut trees, shippers with trucks to ship pulpwood logs, factories with a present labor force to run the factories to make paper products.
Tree cutters are not working because of covid 19. Truck drivers are not working because of covid 19. Factory workers are not working because of covid 19. Etc. Thus, because since the 1980's "Just in Time Production Edict".... everyone's product... is only made to be shipped the same day... Which means, all the others in the supply chain to produce any product today have keyed their workforce and supply chain to meet that paradigm. So... soon... wipe with your left hand,,, eat with your right hand, and don't scratch your nose. On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 3:54 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Here's a thought: The big coastal metro areas NEED flyover country, at > least if they want water, food, and power. But flyover country does not > need those cities. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Clay Monroe via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 5:37 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Clay Monroe <clay.dread...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Random COVID question > > AK has to barge all its goods from outside. Article in this week’s daily > rag reports that shipping costs are going up due to constrictions related > to meeting mandates, wear and tear on employees, and PITA of access to > docks. Lot of boats are moored at ports with no place to be. > > Added to the reduced hours manufacturers of goods are actually producing, > paper plants dropped shifts, much as others have reduced employment. Less > goods to ship, less stuff on shelves. Now it is weather that slows or > impedes goods arriving, so it stacks up at originating ports not getting > loaded, as well as not being off loaded, as there is reduced rail and road > transport. > > A recent example of how SARS-CoV is tossing a wrench. #1 boy is > essential. He was in a location all day with somebody who came in contact > with another person who came in contact with other person who tested for > the plague. Being a conscientious person, he tells the supervisor. That > gets him sent home until he has percolated long enough for plague to erupt, > at which point he has to get a test for Schroedinger virus. > > One week out of work. > > Tested and has to wait, since employer demands most reliable testing. > > Other week unemployed. > > Had he been truly infected, then funding would have kicked in for lost > wages. Since he did not become plague zombie, no dinero, work was down > essential employees at essential job sites for half the month, chain > reaction of contact trace put even more people imprisoned to 14 days, > slowing more essential business. > > One positive. It was hunting season, so the plague in waiting group was > able to bag their limits. > > > Clay > > > inter urinas et faeces nascimur > > > On Nov 22, 2020, at 1:12 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > How come, as we approach a year of this pandemic, the paper companies > > still cannot keep retailers stocked with toilet paper and paper towels? > > > > I was at Target yesterday, and they had nothing. Zippo. Not even a > > roll of the most generic off-brand anything. > > > > Is it simply lack of truck and storage and shelf space? The retailers > > are buying as much as they can fit through their pipeline and it's > > still not enough? > > > > Why are they not raising prices to meet demand? Surely it's better to > > have to pay more for something if you really need it, than to be > > unable to buy it at all? A higher price will also discourgage hoarding. > > > > Allan > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
