Ask HN: Is there a chip shortage, constantly updating, status visualization?
Similar to what we had with the Suez canal blockage in March. A reliable place I can go in the morning to see the change / tendency. Thanks
Many companies and industries, which is taking place over years, with supply/demand mechanics, and lots of private data needed to understand it in detail.
Uncertainty of the future supplies could have some companies stockpiling materials so they can keep up with their contracts and not worry about more COVID disruptions to their own operations.
I'm not saying any of that is real but generally there is no public knowledge of supply chain. The secrecy of sales leads, output, and prices might be the only thing keeping them from being undercut or priced out by another company.
Also all the stock market woes for a company if the public found out their output is crippled ahead of any shareholder reports.
Maybe you can get data from something state owned or a trade group insider news?
Possibly you can find something similar for the most likley countries and maybe by industry/sector.
It's not a fancy dashboard, but has the most granular and up-to-date info that I've seen specifically for chips and electronics so far.