How the pandemic is forging a new consensus on globalization
COVID-19 has led Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Adegoke Oke to overhaul his lesson plan to include resiliency in addition to efficiency.
COVID-19 has led Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Adegoke Oke to overhaul his lesson plan to include resiliency in addition to efficiency.
In this story published Oct. 21, 2020, in Politico:
We teach our students to optimize supply chains — to drive cost-efficiency in supply chains. And over the years, global companies — a lot of companies — have perfected this art. They know how to do this. Well, guess what? It has also made supply chains highly vulnerable.
– Adegoke Oke, associate professor of supply chain management
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