Internet of things (IoT) technologies offer innovative answers to numerous logistical challenges, and are currently being adopted more widely across the industry.

Kaitlin Wowak, associate professor of I.T., analytics and operations in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, explains the options that food suppliers have in deciding when and where to initiate a product recall.

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 paradigm of just-in-time supply chains has left many brand manufacturers ill-equipped to handle the impact of the pandemic.