As the tumult of 2020 continues into 2021, people are looking for illumination. How is COVID-19 reshaping supply chains, and what can we learn from the vaccine rollout? What will work look like going forward, and how can we succeed while working remotely?
The race to create a COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed in less than a year, has been compared to the 1960s campaign to put people on the moon. But the moon race was easier in several ways, Sheffi writes in his new book. While NASA needed to develop rockets to carry a few astronauts to the moon, billions of units of a safe and effective vaccine were needed for billions of people. NASA was given eight years to reach the moon, but the vaccine needed to be developed as soon as safely possible.
November 23, 2021