Sketchnote: Why Chips Are Down

Chip production is a global endeavour. Each stage may involve shipping parts and equipment across multiple locations.

Chip production is a global endeavour. Each stage may involve shipping parts and equipment across multiple locations.

Half a trillion dollar industry

Semiconductors make up the heart of almost every electronic device and machinery. From cars to washing machines and gaming equipment, they are used everywhere.

Instead of owning the entire production process for individual chips, every company and factory competes globally over every step of production. No one stores inventory because of lean production methods. Just-in-time supply chains distributed across different countries and continents mean that the whole world is vulnerable.

A storm in one country or a political flare up between two countries could throw the whole world into a crisis.

Read more: Your Car, Toaster, Even Washing Machine, Can’t Work Without Them. And There’s a Global Shortage

Abhijit Bhaduri

Abhijit Bhaduri is an advisor to organizations on talent development and leadership development. As the former GM Global L&D of Microsoft, Abhijit led their onboarding and skilling strategy especially for people managers. Forbes described him as "the most interesting generalist from India." The San Francisco Examiner described him as the "world’s foremost expert on talent and development" and among the ten most sought-after brand evangelists. He is rated among the top ten experts on learning across the world. He is a LinkedIn Top Voice with more than a million followers on social media. He teaches at the Doctoral Program for Chief Learning Officers at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to being at Microsoft, he led an advisory practice helping organizations build their leadership, talent and culture strategy. His latest book is called Career 3.0 – Six Skills You Must Have To Succeed. You can follow him on LinkedIn.com/in/AbhijitBhaduri and on Twitter @AbhijitBhaduri

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