Trending Disruption 10-Second Poll

Last week I had the opportunity to catch-up with IACCM’s Tim Cummins and Paula Doyle.
While it was the first time that I had the opportunity to talk with Paula, Tim and I have had many interesting and enlightening discussions over the many years we have known each other. Our most recent conversation was no exception.

According to a series of surveys starting in early March, the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 crisis is steadily increasing.

On March 6th, 27 percent of respondents reported that their supply chain had experienced disruption as a result of the pandemic. In a second survey, a couple of weeks later, that number grew to 60 percent. With the third and most recent survey, 78 percent reported disruption.

Besides the obvious question; how many of you are surprised at the level of disruption – which you can answer by taking the below 10-second poll, perhaps the more significant issue on which we should focus is how to flatten the disruption curve?