8 SUREFIRE WAYS TO NAVIGATE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN UPHEAVAL

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022 is a date supply chain managers will want to mark on the calendar. This date-the day of the Chinese New Year-is when many industry experts estimate the disruptions and delays currently upending global supply chains will finally start to dissipate. While the shortages of cleaning and paper supplies prevalent during most of 2020 have largely abated in many countries, numerous supply chain challenges remain. The pandemic showed how tenuous many supply chains already were. "A lot of companies were pushed to their limits, so of course this is what happened," says Ethan Frisch, co-founder and co-chief executive officer with Burlap & Barrel, which provides spices sourced directly from farmer cooperatives and small farms. "It was on the verge of happening anyway."