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What the Coronavirus Pandemic Means for Global Supply Chains

Shipchain

It is now clear that we have never witnessed anything quite like Coronavirus before, and people, businesses, and supply chains may not be ready for what’s to come. . Coronavirus’s impact on global supply chain operations . Why supply chains are particularly vulnerable. And according to AXIOS , U.S.

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How to Stop Disruption in the Supply Chain From the Coronavirus

Veridian Solutions

With the holidays over and 2020 underway, one of the biggest challenges facing today’s supply chain is the current public health scare and its associated disruption in the supply chain. While on the surface, a medical health crisis doesn’t intuitively link with supply chain execution.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. In such a crisis, virtually all supply categories appear “strategic”: as CNN business bluntly put it , “ You can’t make a car with 99% of the parts. Pharmaceuticals.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Are New Opportunities – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Unlike SARS in 2003, the Covid-19 pandemic has spawned an unprecedented Global health pandemic. As a result, Global Supply Chains have experienced severe “Supply side Shocks” with massive disruptions impinging on all sectors. SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION—Respond, Recover and Regrow. Crisis Recovery.

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Research, Trends & Insights: Digital Imperative for Life Sciences

QAD

Matlis to collectively share the latest research, trends, and insights around digital technology adoption in the life sciences industry. Adoption of Digital Technologies in Life Science Manufacturing. We were manufacturing for a particular region, we were vertically integrated. Daniel: Absolutely.

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The Strategic National Stockpile that Failed Us

NC State SCRC

[ii] We observed an intense and immediate response by the Joint Acquisition Task Force to rapidly source supplies and quickly institute a robust vendor risk assessment process. However, this task force was at the mercy of long-standing healthcare supply chain and strategic national stockpile (SNS) issues that no one was prepared to face.

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SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Supply Chain View from the Field

In the last several years, the company has undergone a huge shift in the way it operates its supply chain, particularly in the management of sourcing. The company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets biological products for treating conditions such as multiple sclerosis and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.