News / Supply chains need more resilience, but shippers in no rush to re-evaluate

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been widely described as a wake-up call for shippers and consignees to re-evaluate supply chains exposed as vulnerable.

The disruption has put supply chain risk in the spotlight, reinforcing concerns raised by earlier cataclysmic events, like severe flooding in Japan and Thailand.

Among voices extolling the need for more resilience – even at the cost of higher spend on production – has been the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

The organisation’s State of Logistics report in June ...