How government can protect the supply chain from future crises

Shortages of personal protective equipment and medical devices, dairies pouring gallons of milk down the drain, and delivery delays of online purchases. All are examples of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and changed the supply chain.

Mike Crum, a professor and chair of supply chain management in Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business, worked with Consumer Brands Association and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals to write a new report, which offers recommendations for policymakers on how to confront these challenges.

Here, Crum discusses the challenges the pandemic revealed and the report’s recommendations:

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