Supply chain disruption costly for shippers, but helps build resilience, says Maersk
The regularity of ‘black swan’ events has meant unexpected costs for European shippers, according to ...
Group chief executive Soren Skou
By Alex Lennane
A bullish Soren Skou, chief of Maersk, in this interview believes trade will recover quickly to pre-pandemic levels, and grow slowly after that. But he points out that businesses have learned a lot during the crisis. Supply chains will change, he predicts, as customers found they were too predicated on efficiency and low costs, and ignored the problems of single-sourcing and lack of inventory in the system. He also says tele-conferencing will be here to stay, and agrees the crisis has accelerated digitisation. Worth a quick read.
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