Two years on from the emergence of Covid-19, supply chain issues
are still making global news.
The emergence of Covid-19 in early 2020 changed the world in a
myriad of ways.
Apart from massive repercussions to people's health, it
introduced a raft of new terms associated with its management;
think 'flatten the curve', 'contact tracing',
'lockdown', even the waggish 'quarantini'. As the
pandemic evolved, another phrase became part of everyone's
lexicon. 'Supply chain' shot to attention when panic buying
of toilet paper hit supermarkets at the beginning of nationwide
lockdowns in early 2020. A scarcity mentality among shoppers led to
empty shelves around the country and a physical battle or two in
the supermarket aisles.
