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Arriving Today

From Factory to Front Door – Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy

Christopher Mims
HarperBusiness, 2021

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Eye Opening
  • Concrete Examples

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Wall Street Journal writer Christopher Mims offers a timely look at how the vast and complex supply chain functions. Mims traces the journey of a hypothetical USB charger from a Vietnamese factory to an American customer’s doorstep, describing transportation infrastructure, workers, automation and management philosophies that make fast delivery possible. He also explains how the COVID-19 pandemic boosted Amazon’s dominance of e-commerce and its influence on shaping the supply chain of the future.

Take-Aways

  • The global supply chain is staggeringly complex.
  • The standardized 40-foot shipping container is a pillar of the global economy.
  • An individual product can travel 14,000 miles from the factory to your doorstep. 

About the Author

Christopher Mims writes the “Keywords” technology column for The Wall Street Journal. He has written for Quartz, MIT Technology Review, Smithsonian, Wired, The Atlantic and Scientific American.

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