Below are recent articles related to business supply chains and how they are being or might be affected by COVID-19.
Healthcare-related supply chains
- COVID-19: The crisis of personal protective equipment in the US (BMJ, Apr 3)
- NY has only 6 days' supply of ventilators, Cuomo says (New York Times, Apr 2)
- New York veterinarians give ventilators to 'war effort' against coronavirus (The Guardian, Apr 2)
- US lawmakers push to reclaim medical supply chains from China (Financial Times, Apr 2)
- FEMA tells lawmakers most new ventilators won't be ready until June (Politico, Apr 2)
- 'Ventilators' donated by Elon Musk can't be used on coronavirus patients, health officials say (The Week, Apr 2)
- COVID-19: The race to build coronavirus ventilators (BBC, Apr 1)
- Coronavirus battle creates a global 'free-for-all' to find masks (New York Times, Apr 1)
- Former head of Strategic National Stockpile on coronavirus shortages: Many links in supply chain were not prepared (Fox News, Apr 1)
- ER doctor in New York details dire supply shortages from the front lines of the coronavirus fight (CNN, Apr 1)
- Home Depot executes 'stop-sale' order for N95 masks, donates them to health care workers during coronavirus (USA Today, Apr 1)
- A new COVID-19 problem: Shortages of medicines needed for placing patients on ventilators (Stat, Mar 31)
- Here's how some of the countries worst hit by coronavirus are dealing with shortages of protective equipment for healthcare workers (Forbes, Mar 31)
- I spent a day in the coronavirus-driven feeding frenzy of N95 mask sellers and buyers and this is what I learned (Forbes, Mar 30)
- Coronavirus: Germany to centralize supply chains, set prices on masks, protective gear (Deutche Welle, Mar 30)
- Discussion: Addressing weaknesses in the medical supply chain amid the coronavirus pandemic (PRI, Mar 30)
- Countries reject Chinese-made equipment (BBC, Mar 30)
- The US tried to build a new fleet of ventilators. The mission failed. (New York Times, Mar 29)
- Manufacturers seek US help in deciding where to ship scarce medical goods (Wall Street Journal, Mar 29)
- Coronavirus: Hospitals turn to snorkeling masks, 3D printing, amid global respirator shortage (South China Morning Post, Mar 29)
- White House airlifts medical supplies from China in coronavirus fight (New York Times, Mar 29)
- Governors push for more medical gear to fight coronavirus (Wall Street Journal, Mar 29)
- Expired respirators. Reused masks. Nurses in the nation's original COVID-19 epicenter offer sobering accounts of what could come (ProPublica, Mar 28)
- Why America ran out of masks — and what can be done about it (Vox, Mar 27)
- A letter from a Michigan hospital system details who would get life-saving resources if equipment runs short during the coronavirus pandemic (CNN, Mar 27)
- California once had mobile hospitals and a ventilator stockpile. But it dismantled them. (Los Angeles Times, Mar 27)
Other supply chain issues
- COVID-19: The crisis of personal protective equipment in the US (BMJ, Apr 3)
- NY has only 6 days' supply of ventilators, Cuomo says (New York Times, Apr 2)
- New York veterinarians give ventilators to 'war effort' against coronavirus (The Guardian, Apr 2)
- US lawmakers push to reclaim medical supply chains from China (Financial Times, Apr 2)
- FEMA tells lawmakers most new ventilators won't be ready until June (Politico, Apr 2)
- 'Ventilators' donated by Elon Musk can't be used on coronavirus patients, health officials say (The Week, Apr 2)
- COVID-19: The race to build coronavirus ventilators (BBC, Apr 1)
- Coronavirus battle creates a global 'free-for-all' to find masks (New York Times, Apr 1)
- Former head of Strategic National Stockpile on coronavirus shortages: Many links in supply chain were not prepared (Fox News, Apr 1)
- ER doctor in New York details dire supply shortages from the front lines of the coronavirus fight (CNN, Apr 1)
- Home Depot executes 'stop-sale' order for N95 masks, donates them to health care workers during coronavirus (USA Today, Apr 1)
- As demand surges, supplying and shipping take on new importance (New York Times, Apr 1)
- Manufacturing turns local in Gulf as coronavirus disrupts supply chains (Reuters, Mar 31)
- How supply chains jumped from business school and into our lives (Bloomberg, Mar 29)
- The end of the global supply chain (Boston Globe, Mar 30)
- A food crisis looms as coronavirus forces farms to stay idle and countries hoard supplies (CNBC, Mar 30)
- Coronavirus is a wake-up call for supply chain management (Harvard Business Review, Mar 27)
- The coronavirus pandemic may be loosening links in the supply chain (NPR, Mar 27)
- The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting supply chains around the world — here's how companies can adjust and prepare (Business Insider, Mar 26)
- Coronavirus wreaks growing damage on Italian shipping, supply chains (Wall Street Journal, Mar 25)
- How the coronavirus will shape the food supply chain (Forbes, Mar 24)
- Coca-Cola CEO says supply chain is 'creaking around the world' due to coronavirus (CNBC, Mar 24)
- Every coronavirus supply chain disruption is different (Freightwaves, Mar 24)
- Coronavirus supply chain management: Lessons from China (Food Navigator, Mar 24)
- Western supply chains buckle as coronavirus lockdowns spread (Reuters, Mar 23)
- We're not there yet—18 coronavirus lessons from supply chain and financial data (S&P Global, Mar 23)
Industry impact
- Thousands of US medical workers furloughed, laid off as routine patient visits drop during coronavirus pandemic (USA Today, Apr 2)
- What will US labor protections look like after coronavirus? (Harvard Business Review, Apr 2)
- For some Chinese businesses, there's no going back to life before the coronavirus (CNBC, Apr 2)
- KFF health tracking poll—Early April 2020: The impact of coronavirus on life in America (Kaiser Family Foundation, Apr 2)
- Why the global recession could last a long time (New York Times, Apr 1)
- Telemedicine, once a hard sell, can't keep up with demand (Wall Street Journal, Apr 1)
- 'Our situation is apocalyptic': Bangladesh garment workers face ruin (New York Times, Mar 31)
- Laying out the coronavirus scenarios for the economy (Politico, Mar 31)
- China's coronavirus-battered economy shows tentative signs of renewed life (Wall Street Journal, Mar 31)
- Food banks struggle as demand explodes thanks to coronavirus layoffs (CNN, Mar 31)
- Coronavirus economy: Recession or depression? (Al Jazeera, Mar 30)
- Coronavirus jobs survey: 49% of companies considering layoffs, more than one-third freezing new hires (CNBC, Mar 30)
- The Instacart coronavirus strike is unlike any strike you've ever seen (Philadelphia Inquirer, Mar 30)
- In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, some hospitals fear financial ruin (ABC News, Mar 30)
- Goldman on how the 'largest economic shock of our lifetimes' will permanently alter energy markets (CNBC, Mar 30)
- Coronavirus is widening the corporate digital divide (Harvard Business Review, Mar 26)
- US may be in recession amid COVID-19 crisis, says Fed chair Jerome Powell (The Guardian, Mar 26)
- The coronavirus war economy will change the world (Foreign Policy, Nicholas Mulder, Mar 26)
- Insurers scramble to avoid 9/11-style coronavirus backlash (Politico, Mar 26)
- US, China trade blame for coronavirus, hampering global economy rescue (Wall Street Journal, Mar 26)
- A third report of job loss, half a pay cut as coronavirus crisis grips the economy (ABC News, Mar 26)
- The coronavirus crash was fast and hard. The recovery will be slow and uneven. (Washington Post, Mar 25)
- Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus (AP, Mar 26)
- Uninsured on the front lines: America's working poor face a pandemic without any aid (NBC News, Mar 26)
