Shipments from across the world are not moving as smoothly as they should, and that has led to some problems

The store is full, the shelves are lined from top to bottom with toys and games in colorful boxes just waiting to be purchased and played with. And as most people have noticed, stamped at the bottom of the toys are the words: “Made in China.” We imagine large factories in China churning out dolls and menchies, board games and matchbox cars. Toys that somehow, magically, make their way over to the United States and fill our stores so we can buy birthday gifts, Chanukah gifts, or something special just because.

Yes, it’s magical. We can buy the things we need, when we need them. Somehow, most of the time, everything we want is in stock in the stores. If not, there’s usually another shipment coming, and having that coveted toy in our hands is only two weeks away.

It seems like a great system, doesn’t it? We order what we need, and a short time later it arrives at our doorstep — even though it took a trip halfway around the world to make it here.

But, these days, we’ve hit a little snag. Shipments from across the world are not moving as smoothly as they should, and that has led to some problems.

The Problem

To understand why goods from China and other Asian countries are currently in short supply, we need to go way, way back to the beginning. How are those products made? Shipped? Delivered? And where along those lines are they being held up?

The Process

Production in China is a complicated process. For example, let’s take a woman named Mrs. Horowitz, the creator of . She had the original idea of Jewish MentcheesTM. To turn this idea into a reality, Mrs. Horowitz contacted Mr. Hoffman of Giga Imports.

Mr. Hoffman heard Mrs. Horowitz’s idea and put in the work that turned it into a reality. His company, Giga Imports, is an extensive network of factories in China that they work with who can turn a computerized image into a 3D plastic menschie that reaches the hands of frum kids all over the world.