it takes ~ 3 weeks for a container ship to cross from PRC to the west coast. What’s offloading tonight sailed three weeks ago. PRC started closing ports ~2 weeks ago.
Ok class - how many DOS do we have in the pipeline? That plus what’s “stockpiled” in a JIT economy is how long until the supply chain seizes like an engine w/o oil.
69,269 confirmed cases worldwide, including 1,669 fatalities.
Hubei province
(includes Wuhan) 56,249 cases ... 1,596 Deaths
768 cases outside China, 4 Deaths ( 1 Hong Kong, 1 Philippines, 1 Japan, 1 France)
“it takes ~ 3 weeks for a container ship to cross from PRC to the west coast. What’s offloading tonight sailed three weeks ago. PRC started closing ports ~2 weeks ago.”
Based on 24 knots, and a distance 5634 nautical miles (to Los Angeles), it’s closer to 10 days...so we should be seeing the effects any day now.
Three for grocery stores. Not sure about retail or warehouse supply places. Probably a week in factories.