Supply Chain Management Needs a Rethink - Covid Changed Everything, or Did It? TC_Africa: Africa Covid19
supply chains in an interconnected world, I have come to realise that these are the issues that should shape supply chains in the post-COVID era.Before COVID-19, the patterns of production and supply of most products were largely based on the benefits that could be derived from cross-country variations in costs and resources. The gains of low-cost trade enabled companies to move products across countries at low cost. The pandemic outbreak challenged this logic.
As managers reconfigure their supply chains for the post-COVID era, they ought to distinguish between short-term changes imposed by the pandemic and lasting ones that cause structural changes to the way supply chains operate. In parallel, many of the traditional benefits of supply chains have remained in place. There are still economic reasons to follow many pre-COVID practices and resume some production routines that prevailed in this era. Country differences in costs, skills and resource availability continue to offer compelling reasons for supply chain operations.
These developments are likely to shape the supply chains of the future and should be reflected in the reconfiguration of supply chains.The free trade agreement among all African countries has immense economic significance. If successfully implemented, it is likely to change the rationale for local and regional organisation of production and supply across the continent.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19: Take whatever Covid-19 booster you can get, says head of EU drugs watchdogFRANKFURT/LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - People in Europe should take whatever Covid-19 booster is available to them in the coming months, Emer Cooke, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), said in a Reuters Next Newsmaker interview ahead of an expected autumn rise in infections.
Read more »
COVID-19: India fast bowler Shami out of Australia T20s due to Covid-19MUMBAI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been ruled out of the three Twenty20 internationals at home against Australia, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Sunday.
Read more »
COVID-19: France’s health body warns of resurgence of Covid-19 in the countryPARIS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - France's national health body warned on Friday of a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the country, and urged people to continue to get vaccinated to protect themselves against the virus.
Read more »
COVID-19: Africa CDC head: Covid-19 still a threat given low vaccination ratesJOHANNESBURG, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Covid-19 pandemic is still a threat on the African continent given low vaccination rates, the acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday.
Read more »
Africa: I've Had Covid and Am Constantly Getting Colds. Did Covid Harm My Immune System? Am I Now At Risk of Other Infectious Diseases?Analysis - So you've had COVID and have now recovered. You don't have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don't seem to have developed long COVID.
Read more »
Chinese local governments pay the price for zero-Covid-19 stanceApart from Shanghai, all 31 provincial regions logged a deficit in the first seven months of the year, posing a threat to the economy and bond investors
Read more »