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Coronavirus: Supply-Chain Disruption Looks Like Natural Disasters

February 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The longer businesses are closed the higher the likelihood that supply chains start breaking down.

Three Ways to Compete While the Trade War Progresses

Three Ways to Compete As Trade War Progresses

February 27, 2020

Gabriel Smith, SCB Contributor

With the right tools in place, price-change decision making can take place in minutes — not months.

China Pushes Factories to Resume Even as Death Toll Rises

February 25, 2020

Bloomberg

China is trying to get people back to work, risking a renewed spread of the coronavirus.

Will the Coronavirus Epidemic Serve as a Wakeup Call for Global Supply Chains?

February 24, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus is not to be taken lightly. As of mid-February, the number of cases worldwide had risen to more than 64,000 globally, 63,000 of which were in China, with the death toll at almost 1,400 and climbing.

U.S. Factories in China Are Open But Don’t Have Enough Staff

February 19, 2020

Bloomberg

Most U.S. factories in China’s manufacturing hub around Shanghai will be back at work this week, but the “severe” shortage of workers due to the coronavirus will hit production and global supply chains.

For Better or Worse, China’s Future Is America's Future

February 19, 2020

Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor

This latest disaster in China is a major blow to the international supply chain. Businesses should brace for a sharp descent into unknown territory and, most likely, a recession.

Coronavirus Outbreak Drives Demand for China’s Online Grocers

February 13, 2020

Bloomberg

Like their counterparts in Silicon Valley, China’s largest tech companies struggled to prove online groceries can be a viable business. Then the novel coronavirus struck.

China Virus Crisis Roils Supply Chains for Global Manufacturers

February 10, 2020

Bloomberg

Less than a month into the health crisis that began in China, supply chain disruptions are showing up around the world, from automakers to mobile-phone producers to energy companies.

China’s Steel Sector Braces as Virus Impacts Top Producer

January 30, 2020

Bloomberg

The world’s top steelmaker is wrestling with the effects of the deadly, rapidly spreading virus that’s seen impacting labor, logistics and demand across China.

Coronavirus Update: How the Virus Is Affecting Global Business

January 27, 2020

Bloomberg

As the death toll from the pneumonia-like illness rises and cases are found in more Asian countries, as well as in the U.S., the economic impact of the novel coronavirous could be widespread.