Thomas O’Connor, senior director analyst with Gartner, relates the lessons that manufacturers and retailers can learn from China, which is just now emerging from lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

While traditional higher education will remain a valuable asset, we are witnessing the death of our post-World War II, post-Industrial Revolution economy, where workers earned a steady paycheck for 40 years with a corporate entity, then retired comfortably at 65 with few or no hiccups.

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed a lack of resilience in organizations and societies — and, more specifically, in global supply chains.

Mike Piccarreta, partner with Kearney, speaks about the ability of the healthcare system’s supply chain to react to national emergencies, and the vulnerabilities that have been exposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

An in-depth look at business planning, and how to remedy non-integrated processes.

The political decision on when to reopen each state won’t act as a virtual on-switch for the economy, and back-up plans for alternative suppliers will only go so far.

The challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic lies in the unprecedented scope of its impact, both in terms of human lives and what it reveals about the United States’ dependence on foreign goods.

The coronavirus pandemic is offering manufacturers a rare opportunity to reduce their dependence on sourcing from China.