While there is no comparison to the human suffering and tragedy, the Ebola crisis does have some lessons to be learned from a Supply Chain Risk Management perspective. We discussed some of them as they relate to the “Ebola response” Supply Chain here and here but there is also the risk associated with Supply Chains that are supported in West Africa – a prime example being Cocoa.
We had recently written about the Ebola catastrophe and how it was poised to jump borders and go from an epidemic to a pandemic. While not yet a pandemic (thank your favorite god), it has not yet been brought under control and continues to spread. Spain just had…
By now it is obvious that the Ebola epidemic (regional) has the potential to turn into a pandemic(global). Every agency (WHO, CDC etc. etc. ) has been extremely vocal about the threat. Not only is the virus spreading but it is also mutating. New strains are already emerging…
