How US supply chains can improve operations post-pandemic
Lessons learned from failures during COVID-19 include not relying on a single supplier overseas and finding ones that are closer to their customers, experts say.
Lessons learned from failures during COVID-19 include not relying on a single supplier overseas and finding ones that are closer to their customers, experts say.
The world is in desperate need of protective gear to keep health care workers safe and ventilators to help severely ill COVID-19 patients breathe. In the face of massively increased demand and stalled supply chains, engineers are scrambling to redesign equipment so it can be produced outside of specialized factories.
Sixteen million Americans and counting have filed for unemployment benefits in the past three weeks. Most states in the country are under stay-at-home orders which have meant nonessential businesses have shut their doors and laid off workers.
Gov. Brian Kemp is exploring a coordinated effort with other Southern states to jumpstart the regional economy, as some critics push back on government-imposed restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus.
INFORMS member Julie Swann speaks to how to prepare for a second phase of Covid-19 on WTOP Sunday morning.
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