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“It’s the kind of stuff that keeps you awake at night,” said Teresa Asbury, a senior executive at the Legacy Cos.

David Erlanger is dealing with shipping delays and price increases the likes of which he hasn’t seen in his decades in the business.

“Drayage” might not be a household word, but it’s a critical link in global supply chains.

Before the shipping container, goods were manually loaded into barrels and wooden creates.

"We can use some fancy math to predict how long the line will get," Keely Croxton of Ohio State says, then apply it to related problems.

For some businesses, the answer is no, but it depends on the value of the product in question.

Some containers have been sitting in storage for years. Experts say the problem has more to do with moving them to the right places than increasing the number in circulation.

Four charts and a new series to help you understand ongoing product shortages.

“There’s nothing I can do,” said India Hynes, CEO of appliance importer Vinotemp.

Ryan Amato of Ryan Amato Painting in Easton, Pennsylvania, talks us through the challenges.