September 13, 2022
In the Media

In the face of supply chain disruptions, such as Covid-19, the Ukraine War, and high inflation, MIT LIFTLab and MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab director Josué Velázquez Martínez says that there is a silver lining: organizations are learning that supply chains have tangible vulnerabilities to focus on, and that they need to focus on building resilience.

“Many people thought this [covid-induced disruption] was just going to last a couple of months—maybe three—and then we would go back to normal,” says Josué Velázquez Martínez. “But the reality is that supply chains disruptions are still there.

Read the full Economist Impact report: Resilience and sustainability in the cost-plus world

Read the full Economist Impact report: The cost-plus world of supply chains