Imagine you want to buy some toys for your birthday party. Normally, your mom would go to the store and pick out all the toys you want. But right now, there's a problem. The companies that make the toys are having a hard time getting all the different things they need to make the toys. Sometimes they need plastic parts, sometimes they need boxes to put the toys in, and sometimes they need workers to help put it all together. But right now, there aren't enough of these things to go around.
This is happening all over the world, not just with toys but with lots of different things we buy, like clothes, electronics, and even food. And when the companies that make these things can't get what they need, they can't make as many things as they used to. This means there are fewer toys, clothes, and other things to buy in the stores. And when there are fewer things to buy, the stores have to charge more money for them. It's kind of like if there were only a few cupcakes for everyone at your party, your mom would have to pay more money to get them for you.
This is called the 2021 global supply chain crisis. It's a problem that started because of a few different things. First, some countries had to shut down their factories because of a sickness that was spreading around. This made it harder for companies to get all the things they needed to make their products. Second, lots of people started buying things online because they couldn't go to the store and buy things in person. This made it harder for companies to keep up with the demand for their products. Finally, there were some big storms and other natural disasters that happened around the world. This made it harder for companies to ship their products from one place to another.
So, what can we do about the 2021 global supply chain crisis? Unfortunately, it's not something that we can fix right away. But there are some things we can do to help. We can try to be patient when we go to the store and there aren't as many things to buy as we're used to. We can also try to buy things from smaller, local businesses that might not be as affected by the supply chain crisis. And we can be grateful for all the things we do have, like cupcakes and toys, even if we can't have as many of them as we want right now.