How has PepsiCo Beverages of North America, with more than $22.5 billion in net revenue, 65-plus manufacturing sites and 420 distribution centers, managed to keep operations going during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Inventory management poses a huge challenge to retailers today — but it’s also the key to matching supply with demand in difficult times.

The literal symptoms of COVID-19 are, for most people, passing. But the virus’s impact on retail supply chains is permanent.

The global shortage of microchips has had a devastating impact on multiple industries, not least automotive manufacturers, who are expected to have lost some $210 billion in 2021 because they couldn’t get enough chips to drive the systems in their vehicles. But how did we get to this state of affairs?

The supply chain is hanging out the “Help Wanted” sign. But where will we find the right people?