Building smarter supply chains W. P. Carey experts think big while supporting local business with their worldwide pipelines
Every package we order starts out as materials that become components, then manufactured goods that go on to delivery. The chain of events and connections has changed.
In mid-May, Arizona had yet to return to normal product availability. While supply chains have since loosened, some impacts may linger for a long time. Even though the world has experienced supply chain disruptions from natural disasters and from other viruses in the past, COVID-19 is an “unprecedented global event” that has left many supply chains in limbo, says Mohan Gopalakrishnan, supply chain chair in the W. P. Carey School of Business. It also was the first time many Americans remember seeing bare shelves and stores entirely out of some food products and toilet paper. “There are some really unique things about this pandemic,” Gopalakrishnan says. “Unlike Ebola, which was restricted to one area, this has quickly spread across the globe.” Read more at this link.
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