These Experts Say It Is

摘要

ONE COULD SAY global supply chains have never faced more multifarious, fluctuating conditions than they have during the COVID-19 pandemic. But these shocks — think hurricanes, floods, fires, and cyberat-tacks, to name a few — are actually more frequent than you'd think."Even before COVID ... on average, companies now expect to see a disruption to their production lines of one to two months, which is a very long time, every three and a half to four years," explains Susan Lund, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institutein Washington, D.C. "So even though each time there is a disaster, it seems like it's coming out of the blue, the fact is that the world has more shocks."