Here's how we need to change global supply chains after COVID-19

Sep 30, 2020

A worker is seen at the Strata Manufacturing facility, an Emirati factory producing parts for Airbus and Boeing jets, start making personal protective equipment such as N95 masks, due to shortages of protective gear in some countries after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, July 8, 2020. Picture taken July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Satish Kumar - RC2BSH96ZD7N

'The perfect, fully pandemic-proof supply chain will never exist' but we can make current models better Image: REUTERS/Satish Kumar

Christoph Schell

Chief Commercial Officer, Intel

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