The Butterfly Effect

In addition, training must be given a top priority because all graphic communications professionals must truly understand how the entire process interaction affects their work and their business.

Let’s take a closer look at just one aspect of the global supply chain, aluminum, which of course has long been an integral part of the printing process. China is a major supplier of bauxite, which is eventually turned into aluminum. But China wanted to reduce the exporting of products that have high energy consumption, so the country reduced and, in some cases, eliminated tax rebates for exported goods. That affected their aluminum supply. Similarly, Guinea is also a major supplier of bauxite. But that country’s recent political unrest, which required Marshall Law to be imposed and spawned general strikes, caused massive production delays of bauxite.