Supply chain question. Anyone know how to figure out the number of SKUs a typical home carries in different cities/regions/countries? One of the things that’s struck me is the sheer number of items we kinda rely on having available.
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don't have a direct answer but I remember there was a photography project of the things people had... here: npr.org/sections/pictu
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I think house / rental insurance firms would have the best info on this to calculate disaster losses, or maybe market research.
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Your question reminded me of a passage I stumbled across years ago in Eric Beinhocker’s book, The Origin of Wealth. Here are a few snapshots from the book on the topic of SKUs, diversity and wealth:
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