A demand for supply where and when you want it

Posted on 16 Dec 2021 by The Manufacturer

COVID, shipping and haulage issues, semiconductor shortages, changing workforce demographics, and Brexit are all hitting today's complex global supply chain, Fleur Doidge reports.

With supply chain disruption ongoing in a multitude of sectors, exacerbated by multiple factors from COVID to workforce demographics, the question has to be asked: how can manufacturing mitigate similar problems in future? Jan Burian, Research Director at IDC Manufacturing Insights, says building in alternative options in defined, precise manufacturing is tricky. “As a first…

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