Thailand flooding impacts global supply chains

Global supply chains in the automotive, retail and electronics industries have suffered disruptions as a result of widespread flooding in Thailand.

Seagate, a data storage system manufacturer, is just one company facing difficulties with its supply chain. Although all of the company’s factories are fully operational, production of hard disks has been disrupted after suppliers of components have been unable to fulfill orders and the extent of the disruption is still not clear.

Flooding began in July but became more serious this month, and has affected 61 out of the country’s 77 provinces in total, affecting many businesses. Thailand is a global manufacturing centre for the electrical goods, automotive and electronics industries.

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