State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2022
One interviewee from a global electronics
manufacturer summed up this driving force: "A
tremendous amount of supply chain disruption has
challenged us to look at what we can do different,
what we can do better." Similarly, another third-
party logistics professional from North America
told us, "The visibility and the awareness of the
supply chain, and with that the attention that was
focused on bringing different solutions to market
gives us the 'air cover' that we need to offer things like
EVs (electric vehicles) and distributed warehousing
solutions." However, we also see that the global
commitment to supply chain sustainability has
not been as robust in the face of the Covid-19
pandemic as the English-only responses of past
years would suggest. When reconsidering this
same question regionally, we see differences
in the impact of Covid-19 by the region where
respondents' firms are headquartered. Notably,
a smaller percentage of respondents working
for firms headquartered in Latin America & the
Caribbean reported their firm's commitment
to SCS increased since the start of Covid-19. As
one respondent from Latin America said, "The
pandemic stopped these agendas for the last two
years.
"
Our previous reports highlighted that firm size
is an important factor in commitment to supply
chain sustainability, and that proved true again
this year.
How has your firm's commitment to supply chain sustainability
changed since the start of Covid-19?
Not sure Decreased Stayed about the same
Increased
How many employees does your firm have?
North America
Europe
10,000+
0-499
10,000+
0-499
31% 34%
35%
40%
34%
500-9,999
26%
500-9,999
Latin America & the Caribbean
10.000+ 7%
Africa
Asia
10,000+
10,000+
19%
23%
0-499
500- 30%
9.999
48%
47%
63%
31%
500- 29%
500-
9,999
0-499
9,999
11%
12%
9%
15%
17%
8%
15%
7%
10%
23%
34%
52%
46%
53%
53%
44%
34%
34%
21%
North
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Latin America
& Caribbean
Figure 3: Change in SCS commitment by region (n = 1,533)
Figure 4: Firm size by region (n = 305)
0-499
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