
The shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical health and safety material and equipment that have persisted throughout the Covid-19 pandemic have made one thing clear: Large organizations of all kinds need to be much better prepared to operate when future devastating emergencies strike. The ultimate remedy is a radically cooperative, proactive approach to securing these supplies.
The strategies we suggest in this article can reduce organizations’ vulnerability across a whole range of threats, from the next pandemic to bioterrorism to cyber or infrastructure attacks. Our advice stems from two sources: our involvement in the U.S. Supply …