Procurement focus over logistics weakens supply chains

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Procurement focus over logistics weakens supply chains

Dean Tracy, executive vice president and chief operating officer at RCS Logistics; Ed Sands, a principal director (retired) at Accenture; and Kenneth O'Brien, chief operating officer of Gemini Shippers Group | Jul 24, 2020 12:05PM EDT
The real weaknesses COVID-19 exposed in supply chains have been a hollowing out of knowledge, experience, and relationships among companies and their logistics teams and a shift toward a procurement mindset focused on cutting costs.
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