Raconteur：2023供应链的未来报告（英文版）（12页）.pdf

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3、PLY CHAIN TALENT?10F U T U R E O F S U P P LY C H A I N02f you ask a group of pur-chasing chiefs about their experiences since 2020,youll find that few,if any,will look back with much fondness.To say that the past three-plus years have been a challenge to the profession would be a gross under-statem

4、ent.When Covid-19 started its deadly spread,the disruptions it triggered led to materials shortages around the world,causing input costs to spiral.This had a huge det-rimental effect on manufacturing,resulting in a prolonged decline in output.But the vice-like grip the crisis imposed on global suppl

5、y chains is loosening at long last.In fact,several metrics suggest that were through the worst of it.In May,global factories increased their output for the fourth consec-utive month,while productivity in China recently hit an 11-month high after Beijing lifted Covid res-trictions at the end of 2022.

6、And,while manufacturing figures in the US dipped in June,they seemed to be stabilising in July,according to the Institute for Supply Manage-ments latest Purchasing Managers Index(PMI).Among those surveyed for the PMI was a purchasing manager in the fabricated metal products sec-tor who reported that