Alex Wakefield, chief executive officer of Longbow Advantage, says the inability of warehouses to take full advantage of the data that’s available to them is a greater threat to supply chain continuity than a containership blocking the Suez Canal.
The lessons of the last year confirm that if all inventory is in one place, any company, regardless of size, is vulnerable to material interruptions in the supply chain.
The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a greater demand for sophisticated supply chain technology that can accommodate increased demand for direct-to-consumer sales, bypassing physical storefronts.
Kris Michel, Chief Operating Officer with Flash Global, discusses how the service supply chain responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting disruptions in global supply lines.
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