A Decade of Supply Chain Disruptions Made U.S. Domestic Logistics Ready for a Baltimore-Style Closure

However, I think with the challenges that we've had over the course of the last probably eight to ten years with with port issues as well as COVID, and supply chain issues from a parts and manufacturing perspective. You know, I think where we where we sit is that the supply chains have become more sophisticated as relate to risk management. And I think that, you know, whereas this is a big disruption for our marketplace and for our economy, I I think it's it's not going to be as great as, it would've have been ten years ago when this hadn't been commonplace where we're trying to redesign. Technology is another element of this, you know, you know, the technologies like ours, we provide inventory management. So you have global visibility of your inventory. You can start building mitigation strategies around, whether I've got, you know, stuff placed here, strategies around, whether I've got, you know, stuff placed here or placed there. I can I can build out some design on how I want to manage through those processes if I have issues like this? So risk management, I would say ten, fifteen years ago, was a lower priority in the supply chain design. I would say today, I see it as far more of a core competency of our supply chain professionals than it was, you know, fifteen years ago. Not to say that there's not massive disruption kind of issues today than they were, you know, say, fifteen years ago. Kind of issues today than they were, you know, say, fifteen years ago. Yeah. And I I would completely agree with Chris. You know, every every second counts in the logistics industry, and and efficient modes of transit are are critical, you know, for for all of our companies and and and organizations in the logistics sector. I do think the logistics sector has learned from, COVID in terms of, you know, maximizing efficiency, having alternative modes of transit. So what we've seen in response to, you know, the closure of the the port of Baltimore is a really a rapid, response by the entire transportation industry. So we've seen, you know, several states, Baltimore, Virginia, you know, loosening the restrictions on time. Trucks can operate and truck drivers can operate to accommodate for the added, you know, demand for for trucking goods since they can't get in and out of the port now. We've also seen rail companies respond very well in terms of adding cars onto their rail lines, again, to accommodate that added demand.