How to Use supply chain in a Sentence

supply chain

noun
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  • What happens to the supply chain if UAW members strike?
    — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Milk from cows known to be sick with symptoms of the virus is not entering the supply chain, Prater said.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The new car is as sleek as its supply chain is elaborate.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2023
  • But that doesn’t make the human supply chain any cheaper.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Severe storms and prolonged droughts will batter supply chains and disrupt the flow of trade.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • To be sure, unfettered low-cost supply chains are not an end in themselves.
    — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2024
  • After that a clearer picture of the supply chain issues will emerge.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The Phoenix area has become one of the nation's hubs for the growing semiconductor supply chain.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Other retailers are also acting to protect their supply chains amid the threat to ships in the Red Sea.
    — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But most routine disease surveillance happens at the end of the supply chain.
    — Linda Qiu, New York Times, 20 May 2024
  • After supply chains were ironed out, the dispute began.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But shrink also includes items lost or damaged in the supply chain process and employee theft.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • There was no adequate answer to the supply chain issue short of a surge in inflation.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
  • The 32-year-old supply chain manager is tired of casual dating, and ready to settle down for good.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • If automakers fail to reach an agreement with the UAW, a nasty domino run will begin inside the auto supply chain over the next few weeks and months.
    — WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Vox reports that the brand has been able to sustain this model by controlling every tier of its own supply chain.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The surge in warehouse demand was fueled in part by supply chain changes and growing e-commerce business.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And some of the world’s biggest companies are planning to use this data to decarbonize their supply chains.
    — Michelle Ma, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Biden announced the initiative at the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council.
    — John Wilkerson, STAT, 28 Nov. 2023
  • That value comes in large part from the way in which natural products are woven into supply chains.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 13 May 2024
  • Durham touted its final offer on social media and said the block heaters were slowed by supply chain delays.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The rising cost of shipping goods from China has also contributed to the switch to India, supply chain experts say.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • While supply chain constraints made the console hard to find during and after the covid pandemic, shipments managed to bounce back.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Pentagon will also have to ensure that Ukrainian forces have an adequate supply chain for all the parts needed to keep the tanks running.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Like it or not, bird flu is back, bringing with it threats of the next global pandemic, supply chain turmoil and food price shocks that can decide elections.
    — Wenonah Hauter, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
  • The Covid-19 pandemic delayed progress of the school, Mr. Taylor said, because of global supply chain issues.
    — Colbi Edmonds, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Over 90 percent of the plastic used in Everlane’s supply chain is from recycled sources.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Broken supply chains sent prices up for all kinds of goods as people rushed to buy used cars, at-home office equipment and backyard furniture.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • By buying Furnace, Metallica may be trying to hedge against some of these supply chain issues.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The pandemic snarled global supply chains and triggered lockdowns, causing shortages of goods and workers.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024

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