Supply chain innovations are advancing rapidly as a byproduct of the turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the sheer depth, breadth and scope of the disruption is unlike anything we have experienced in our careers, most supply chain professionals are adept at risk mitigation. Why should 2021 be any different?

The pandemic has made us all take notice when a vaccine, a ‘life-and-death’ solution for a worldwide health crisis, comes with a built-in logistical challenge: the need for maintaining a constant temperature, in this case sub-zero, for quality and efficacy. End-point storage, tractor-trailer road transportation, ships and aircraft all face the same challenge: adjusting what would normally be a typical transportation environment to the demands of what the industry now more accurately calls “cold chain logistics.”

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious challenge the world has faced for decades, affecting almost every aspect of our lives in every corner of the globe. One of the biggest challenges, beyond public health, has been to keep global supply chains flowing – ensuring factories can secure goods and services including raw material to logistics in order to meet customer demand and expectations, despite unprecedented pandemic disruptions.