Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery helped build the modern world. It made supply chains faster, leaner, and more profitable. It allowed companies to slash warehouse costs, reduce extra inventory, and move goods with mathematical precision. But the same system that made global commerce efficient is now exposing every weakness in America’s freight infrastructure. We're living in a new reality: More demand. More volatility. More fragility. And more pressure on transportation networks than ever before. It’s time to talk about the side of JIT that rarely makes it into business headlines — the strain it puts on truckers, rail operators, ports, warehouses, consumers, and the entire national economy. DrivenBy Valerie breaks down what the general public needs to know — and what businesses must rethink for 2025 and beyond. What JIT Was Supposed to Do JIT wasn’t designed to break freight systems — it was designed to perfect them. JIT promised companies that they could: Minimize overhead by keeping ...

Date: October 20–21, 2025 Focus: How the AWS outage exposed major vulnerabilities in transportation, logistics, autonomous systems, and infrastructure—and what must be done now. The Digital Blackout That Hit Everything On October 20, 2025, AWS experienced a major disruption originating in its US-EAST-1 region (Northern Virginia). The company reported “increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services” and then confirmed that “DNS resolution issues for the regional DynamoDB service endpoints” were the root cause. ( About Amazon ) The ripple effects were massive: popular apps, gaming platforms, payment services, logistics tools, and enterprise systems all reported outages. One source estimates over 2,000 companies were affected. ( The Guardian ) In short: the cloud slipped, and movement everywhere slowed—even stopped.  Why Transportation Was Particularly At Risk Transportation today isn’t just about trucks and trains. It’s about data, connectivity, routing algor...