The Coronavirus
The Coronavirus
The Coronavirus
havoc on supply chains around the globe. Humanitarian logistics literature has extensively
studied epidemic impacts; however, there exists a research gap in understanding of pandemic
impacts in commercial supply chains. Industrial liaison program the covid pandemic outbreak is
first and foremost a human tragdey affecting hundreds of thousands of people it’s also having a
growing impact on the global economy.
- Random phenomena
- Accidents
- Governments and politics
- Non compliance
- Competition
- Economy
- Social discontent
- Intentional discruptions
- Pandemic
example :
- Chinese new year recess ended by the end of january/beginning of february 2020
- Factories the world over knew not to expect shipments during the Chinese factories
closures
Apart from making delivery times longer, the Covid pandemic also caused limited supplies
so it did
- allocation
- Auctions
- Dilutions
- Substitution/demand shipping
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Then the supply chain takes action in the face of the Covid 19 pandemic such as :
a. emergency operations center
- Central information and decision making function
- Taking care of employees
- Taking care of the business eco-system
- Taking care of communities