Title: 5 Types of Supply Chain Disruption with COVID-19 Examples
Headings: 5 Types of Supply Chain Disruption with COVID-19 Examples
5 Types of Supply Chain Disruption with COVID-19 Examples
What is supply chain disruption?
Common types of supply chain disruptions with examples
Disruption type 1: Demand drops
Disruption type 2: Demand surges
Disruption type 3: Reduced productivity
Disruption type 4: Storage and access restrictions
Disruption type 5: China and raw material shortages
A positive disruption example
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Content: Disruption type 5: China and raw material shortages
We can’t discuss supply chain disruption without discussing China. As The Institute for Supply Management’s CEO Tom Derry said in an interview with The Atlantic ,“You have to realize that there’s almost no industry sector—and when I say that, I mean manufacturing and nonmanufacturing—that isn’t reliant on China in the United States.” Disruptions in China’s ability to source, manufacture, assemble, and ship products affect nearly every market in the U.S. China has struggled to export cotton for clothing and shoes, microprocessors for laptops, and chemicals critical to medicine production. Therefore retailers, tech companies, and hospitals have all been deeply affected by shortages in China. Example of raw material shortages and procurement issues: Even the electronics behemoth Apple isn’t resilient enough to avoid supply chain disruptions in China. Chinese factories experienced issues producing iPhone casings and memory chips. Apple had to place a temporary purchase limit of 2 iPhones per person in several markets and this year’s release of the new versions of iPhone have been officially announced to be delayed due to supply chain disruptions. Pro tip: