There is a shortage in seracha. Ifon says it has temporarily halted seracha production. What else are we seeing shortages of in the us? Right now? I could give you a couple of examples that seem like shortages to me, but you're the expert. You've probably heard the term just in time, or lean manufacturing. An analogy that's frequently with just in time involves water and rocks in a lake.
No, President Biden didn’t cause the tampon shortage — or any of the recent shortages. But that won’t stop him from taking the blame.
This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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