Análise das ações adotadas pelos profissionais de supply chain para minimizar os efeitos da ruptura das cadeias globais de suprimentos em decorrência da COVID-19

Abstract

Considering that supply chain management has significant importance in the movement of goods between countries, professionals in this sector become fundamental for the development of international trade. The Covid-19 pandemic has directly impacted the supply chain and risk management has become a challenge for professionals. Considering this context, the present research sought to analyze the actions taken by supply chain professionals to minimize the effects of the disruption of global supply chains as a result of Covid-19. Therefore, at first, the main impacts caused by this disruption in the supply chain were identified in the literature. Subsequently, the qualitative exploratory method was used to classify these impacts according to their nature and degree of severity and to verify the actions taken by professionals in the sector to mitigate them. The results indicated that the effects of the pandemic resulted in changes that affected companies, mainly financially, making necessary actions such as dual sourcing and the search for local suppliers to obtain the desired results. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]