
Modern products are rarely made in one place from start to finish. A single laptop may involve minerals from one continent, chips from another, design work elsewhere, and final assembly in yet another country. Supply chains are the hidden choreography behind modern convenience.
The strength of these networks is efficiency; their weakness is fragility. A port shutdown, pandemic, war, or chip shortage can ripple across industries and consumers worldwide. Global interdependence is powerful, but it is never frictionless.
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