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It's 2020 and just-in-time delivery is a big thing in the rest of the world as well. But there has to be an explanation for the shortages in the US. I've seen pictures of empty shelves in American supermarkets. I've not one seen an empty shelf here. Maybe it's the case that in the US retail logistics is optimized to an even greater degree. Or maybe it's a combination of factors.

I believe it might be easier to make JIT more robust in Japan than in a much more sparsely populated country like the US. Supply routes are obvious shorter in Japan. Not only are there much more people per square mile in the whole country in Japan but due to the fact that the interiors of the main islands are mountainous, the populated areas of Japan are ultra-dense in population.

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