The coronavirus pandemic has made the importance of practicing effective supply-chain risk management painfully evident.

The key concerns of healthcare management today are data processing and security. Both can be addressed with the use of blockchain technology.

Lower back pain is the second most common reason for a doctor visit, and costs the supply-chain industry around $100 billion per year. One of the leading culprits is the pushing and pulling that occurs in distribution facilities throughout the world.

The coronavirus outbreak is having a serious ripple effect throughout global supply chains. Factories have shut down, product flow in many cases has come to a halt, and consumer purchases of all but the most essential items are plummeting.

The coronavirus pandemic could result in some permanent changes to the way in which global supply chains operate.