For decades, reliability and efficiency were the dual priorities of supply chain organizations. But the price of focusing almost exclusively on dependable supply at the lowest cost was supply chains that became inflexible and opaque.
COVID-19 dealt a final blow to supply chains that only prized reliability and efficiency. The pandemic shattered brittle supply chains around the world and thrust resilience – the ability to heal, reroute or substitute – to the top of the agenda for supply chain executives.
https://europeansting.com/2020/09/20/4-ways-industry-can-make-supply-chains-more-sustainable/
