COVID-19 crisis has put an even stronger focus on manufacturing companies now during the crisis. More importantly, they were much more in danger in responding to this unexpected events. Although, COVID-19 is the most far-reaching public health virus that our world has facing now. Now, how Manufacturing companies significantly cope with this Crisis with all aspects of business operations!
Dear Dr. Latif!
I consider the problem you raised an significant one, so I searched for studies you might see of value:
1) Yu, Z., Razzaq, A., Rehman, A. et al. Disruption in global supply chain and socio-economic shocks: a lesson from COVID-19 for sustainable production and consumption. Oper Manag Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-021-00179-y Free access: Article Disruption in global supply chain and socio-economic shocks:...
2) Srinivasan, N., Eden, L. Going digital multinationals: Navigating economic and social imperatives in a post-pandemic world. J Int Bus Policy 4, 228–243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-021-00108-7 Free access: Article Going digital multinationals: Navigating economic and social...
3) Anser, M.K., Khan, M.A., Nassani, A.A. et al. Does COVID-19 pandemic disrupt sustainable supply chain process? Covering some new global facts. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14817-2 Free access: Article Does COVID-19 pandemic disrupt sustainable supply chain proc...
4) Arunmozhi M., Kiran Kumar R., Srinivasa B.A. (2021) Impact of COVID-19 on Global Supply Chain Management. In: Sakthivel A.R., Kandasamy J., Davim J.P. (eds) Managing Supply Chain Risk and Disruptions: Post COVID-19. Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72575-4_1 Available at: Chapter Impact of COVID-19 on Global Supply Chain Management
5) Hotlan Siagian et al. (2021). Supply Chain Integration Enables Resilience, Flexibility, and Innovation to Improve Business Performance in COVID-19 Era, Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4669; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094669, Open access: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/9/4669
Based on the findings above , I argue yes, since COVID-19 forced companies to integrate supply chain networks and adopt new measures.
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Bulcsu Szekely : Thank you very much for helping-out. These all are very worthy papers.
Hermann Gruenwald : Thank you Prof.
Btw, what's your opinion that how Covid-19 has changed the business model of sustainability!
Many manufacturing companies have had to give their environment a 360 turn. I work in the textile industry in the Dominican Republic and im afraid to say that more than a 25% of the companies that had a site here have moved to a more cost effective country to produce.
Nevertheless, I do see hope for the industry as things get better here and around the world and also kudos to the ones that were able to get profit from the special needs that covid left behind in the laboratory garment industry and others.
Thank you Gabriela Paulino for a great explanation. I completely agreed.
Hi Latif,
Not sure if this helps, but see my recent article on how companies reconfigured their supply chains with two case studies in India for new product development.
Moothedath Chandran Kumari and Biradar Sagar. 2020. Global Pandemic and Rapid New Product Development of Medical Products. Digit. Gov.: Res. Pract. 2, 2, Article 17 (December 2020), 38 pages.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3428492
Best,
Kumari
Kumari MC : thank you very much. I have gone-through this manuscript is really worthy & some how relatable too.
Dear Badar Latif,
Yes, that's right. The SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic has largely influenced changes in business models, improvement of production logistics, improvement of manufacturing processes, improvement of the efficiency of business activity, improvement of production and enterprise management processes through the implementation of new ICT information technologies and Industry 4.0.
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz