Coronavirus Supply Chain

Apr 20, 2020

Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19

The spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, is a public health crisis unlike anything we’ve seen in many decades. It is also having a tremendous impact on businesses and their supply…

Apr 17, 2020

Rob Handfield Predicts an Impending Meat Supply Hit

Experts are predicting a shortage in the meat supply in the coming weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conditions in meatpacking plants. Rob Handfield, executive director of the Supply…

Apr 16, 2020

Outcomes from our Post-Covid Seminar: Supply Chains Shifts, Leadership Communication, and a Rough Economic Forecast

The SCRC held our first webinar panel today (video embedded below), which was attended by over 90 people, with another 200 who signed up for the recording. The webinar featured…

Apr 14, 2020

COVID19: An Update on Chicken, Meat, and Paper Products

Since I last wrote about the subject of shortages of grocery items on WRAL and on our video blogs, there has been considerably more concern about what is happening to…

Apr 6, 2020

COVID-19 Highlights the Importance of Agility for Supply Chains

This article was originally posted on April 6, 2020, on NC State News. Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Tim Kraft, assistant professor of operations and supply chain management in…

Apr 5, 2020

NC State and North Carolina industries step in to provide massive production of new N95 mask and materials

The Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University (funded by NWI) has stepped in to convert much of its equipment over to production of a new material that involves just…

Apr 2, 2020

Need to Know: “Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst of COVID-19

By Shannon Morrison As soon as a snow flurry icon appears on a seven-day forecast, consumers flock to the stores to load up on bread and milk. Or, as seen…

Apr 2, 2020

Need to Know: Understanding Supply Chain Disruptions

by Carson Powell The impact of COVID-19 is seen far and wide, and few industries will be immune to its reach. Many business experts are saying that recent events will…

Mar 25, 2020

Proactive supplier communication is critical in this pandemic

As the coronavirus epidemic shuts down the global economy, supply chain executives should be taking steps now to ensure that their supply base remains intact in the face of massive…

Mar 24, 2020

Interconnected Nature of Supply Chains Makes Disruptions Worse But Fixable, Says Professor Heese

By Justin Goldberg This article was originally published on the Poole College of Management News website here. Supply chain comprises the processes by which production and distribution are achieved —…