by
Tom Moore on Feb 8, 2021 7:00:00 PM
What if the COVID-19 pandemic turns into being endemic COVID 19? With variants emerging and vaccines one step or more steps behind, this is starting to sound like a more potent version of the flu – something to be grappled with for a long time – just like the flu. What can this do to the supply chain, and how do you prepare? Some things others are trying:
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Stockpile essential supplies: German carmakers are considering building up semiconductor stockpiles to combat the crippling chip shortages that brought assembly lines to a standstill
- Move production/distribution closer to the consumer: Local DCs for e-commerce and near-shoring
- Start up your own trucking business: Amazon is training drivers and plans its own
- Set up a cadence of operations – NOT the Herky Jerky approach to such things as deployment where on any day a factory sends 2 loads to a customer-facing DC – and the next day they send 24 (BTW – that is real data): The concept of LevelLoading is catching on – https://provisionai.com
Oil is up 30% since November and will most likely go higher as fracking, and pipelines are in the cross-hairs of the new government. (Good luck in California and the North East)
