The data also reveals that disruptions due to supply shortages (semiconductor chips, plastics, cardboard, resin, for example) were up 638% in the first half of 2021.
Factory fires, mergers and acquisitions, business sales, factory disruptions and leadership transitions rank as the Top 5 supply chain disruptions in the first six months of 2021, impacting life sciences, healthcare and the automotive industry, according to data released by Resilinc.