Michael Ungar, director of the Resilience Research Center at Dalhousie University, describes how the coronavirus pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the way that companies have been doing business.
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.
Even as countries try returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic life, ongoing restrictions are wearing thin a crucial human link in the global supply chain.
Reopening a car factory in the age of the coronavirus pandemic means onerous routines that may eat into productivity and shrink output, the world’s automakers are learning.
Mark George, North American lead for supply chain and operations strategy with Accenture, lays out seven steps that companies can take to repurpose their supply chains and demonstrate strong corporate values in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Brett Bartlett, partner with the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, comments on issues that employers will face as their employees return to work from lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
