How Crocs avoided some of the pain of shipping delays and factory closures

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Crocs, the shoe company, has a big advantage when it comes to supply chains. The ubiquitous clogs are easy to make and so it takes little time to open new production facilities. As a result, it has diversified its manufacturing quickly, moving away from Vietnam, which has been hit by lockdowns, to China and Bosnia, and ramping-up production in Indonesia. Its Asian sourcing, however, still sees its inventory clogged up (excuse the pun) in US west coast ports, but it is building a larger presence on the east coast and has moved into air freight to avoid the congestion. CNBC reports.