Supply chains contain every material, component, product and packaging for the objects that together compose the world we live in. However, there is an often invisible ingredient to successful supply chains: data. 
As COVID-19 disrupts the largest supply chain in the world—between China and the United States—the phrase “business continuity” has jumped to the top of every leader’s priorities.
Supply chain management is the fundamental foundation for making the right materials show up at the right place at the right time (and in the right quantities)—whether that means food and toilet paper, pe...