摘要: |
WHILE MANY AMERICANS have received the COVID-19 vaccine, the long-term impact of the pandemic on logistics and supply chain operations has remained top of mind for industry stakeholders. That was made clear in the findings of a recent Logistics Management reader survey, based on feedback from more than 220 logistics and supply chain professionals. Not surprisingly, 72% of the survey respondents indicated that the pandemic had a major impact on their logistics and supply chain operations, with the remaining 28% indicating that was not the case. For the former, the reasons for which the pandemic had a major impact were plentiful, including: additional supply chain costs; lack of available labor; extended lead times; tight international ocean and air cargo capacity; longer transit times; increased demand and volumes that were hard to keep up with; shipping delays; and extended delays for goods coming from China that forced the allocation of inventory for outbound orders. |