The new Abels & Kemmer study on the impact of coronavirus on supply chain management predicts significant changes to supplier structures. Overall, the globalisation trend in procurement is expected to slow down considerably or even decline significantly.
The study suggests a Clear trend ‚back to Europe‘ are recognisable. This effect is exacerbated by China's increasing economic aggression, the erratic behaviour of the US federal government and the UK's withdrawal from the EU, all of which must expect declining procurement volumes from Europe.
Around two thirds of the 250 German company managers and supply chain experts surveyed assume that the rising importance of European and national procurement markets. One in six even assumes that significantly increasing Procurement in Europe and the respective home country. Does this mean that globalisation is coming to an end and will the UK be able to cope with leaving the EU under these circumstances? The AWF Study is dedicated to this and many other questions and shows the Current key trends in supply chain management which has been facing major entrepreneurial challenges that need to be mastered since coronavirus. The scarce 40-page document is free of charge to download ready.
The study is divided into two sections. The first section takes a look into the near future. We asked about the biggest Challenges in ramping up production and the supply chain in the coming weeks. The second section asks how The supply chain world after the corona crisis will look like. Is the supply chain world a different one after the coronavirus crisis? Which long-term changes in supply chain management will result from the corona crisis in the opinion of the respondents?
[infotext icon] Background to the study:
In mid-April 2020, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wirtschaftliche Fertigung (Working Group for Economic Manufacturing), together with supply chain management consultants Abels & Kemmner, held three online workshops with representatives from 23 member companies. These workshops brought together expectations and hypotheses on the development of supply chain management and operations on the way out of the coronavirus crisis and after the coronavirus crisis.
Based on these three workshops, Abels & Kemmner conducted a survey in order to obtain as broad an opinion as possible on the expectations and hypotheses put forward. People from production and trading companies who work in the areas of production, logistics, supply chain management, purchasing and work preparation were approached, as well as a smaller number of consultants who deal with logistics, supply chain management and lean management. 250 people took part in the survey. The results of these surveys are presented and interpreted in the now completed study. [/infotext]
Source: Abels & Kemmner GmbH
