Before the coronavirus pandemic struck, companies were having a difficult time finding enough qualified candidates to fill positions in supply-chain management. With unemployment at 3%, many jobs were going unfilled. Now, with the economy in freefall as a result of millions of shuttered businesses, the situation has changed radically.
As companies describe how they weathered a quarter most people would like to forget, here are some other examples of how big supply chains are holding up.
A single cyberattack is enough to devastate a supply chain. Moreover, the effectiveness of credentials at each stage of the supply chain has a direct impact on every other part of the business.
The coronavirus pandemic is just the latest disruption to hit global supply chains, and endanger the stability of key suppliers. But many retailers don’t seem to have learned the lesson of past such events.