Grocery problem

Grocery problem

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Anna Nagurney is the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies and is PhD Coordinator in Management Science and Director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks Operations & Information Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

This whole thing with cargo ships sitting in a huge seemingly endless line at ports in America has created a nightmare for retailers of anything but particularly perishable items such as you would find in the grocery store.

“The grocery stores and retailers need to diversify their suppliers and to build relationships with them. This is crucial to minimizing disruptions. Farmers, food processors, distributors and trade service providers must invest in the health and safety of their workers, because without labor, nothing gets produced, processed or distributed.”

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