The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) advises that an acute disruption like the current pandemic can trigger later chronic disruptions. Wildly variable demand, shortages versus forecast and logistics errors abound where no chronic disruption existed previously. Couple that with teams using manual tools like email, excel, Whats App etc. and you compound the problems.
This executive brief explores how 3 organizations adapted to overcome chronic supply chain disruptions and also built greater operational agility into their supply chain.