Supply Chain Strategizing for Challenges Beyond COVID-19

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has restricted the supply of many components, parts and products has caused procurement organizations to diversify their sourcing, changed demand and turned homes into the new workplaces. And, says Yossi Sheffi, Ph.D., the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, COVID-19 has also accelerated adoption of technology, particularly for visibility, tracking and tracing of components and supplies.