Category: Supply Chain

[ad_1] QINGDAO, CHINA – MARCH 13: A loader stacks containers at Qingdao Port on March 13, 2020 in Qingdao, … [+] Shandong China. (Photo by Yu Fangping/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images The pandemic’s impact on the economy is the equivalent of scrambling the pieces of a puzzle and then trying to put…

[ad_1] Two food logistics data scientists, Duke alumnus Elliott Wolf and Daniel Wintz, joined professors’ Giovanni Zanalda, Gary Gereffi and Lori Leachman for a discussion on the working of food supply chains and their resilience during the COVID-19 crisis. They noted that COVID-19 and its associated increase in food purchases are not unlike a typical…

[ad_1] China’s coronavirus lockdown earlier this year to combat the epidemic saw the country take a hit when it comes to its market share of U.S. imports, likely strengthening a trend that will see manufacturers bring some activities home, or at least move to ensure their supply chains are less dependent on a single country,…