COVID-19 and Supply Chains: The Digitalization Imperative

The pandemic, COVID-19, has brought supply chain planning executives and managers back to the drawing board. They are trying to answer the fundamental question on, “What is supply chain disruption, and what can technology do to help prepare and respond better?” Asking this question is pertinent to deploying the right set of detection, alerting, and mitigation mechanisms, for a better-managed future and fully digitalized supply chains. This whitepaper, a first in a series, lays the argument for digital supply chains to be understood in light of the outcomes these can achieve.