Tag: Strategic Sourcing

[ad_1] Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield said the state’s business community has stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic by shifting output to produce badly needed personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical gear for health care workers and ordinary citizens. While most of these moves have been temporary, Canfield glimpses a potential opening for Alabama to…

[ad_1] The coronavirus crisis has brought home the dangers of losing sufficient domestic manufacturing capacity to meet the needs of a mass medical emergency—especially when the foreign supply comes from a potentially hostile power like China. Efforts by U.S. companies to expand production of ventilators have been complicated by difficulties in obtaining essential parts from…