For the last year, much of the news has been about economic challenges as a result of the pandemic. All that is changing. Acceleration of the vaccine rollout, strong data on consumer spending, and the relaxation of many containment measures has led to an upward revision of the forecast of GDP growth for 2021 from 5.7% to 6.2%—and an infrastructure stimulus may be around the corner.

As we roll through 2021, resolving supply, demand and distribution imbalances will be critical to responding to supply/fulfillment constraints and a short- to intermediate-term spiralling cost environment.

Keynote presenter Steven Bowen asks his clients one simple question: How are you preparing your supply chain for recovery? In this year’s address, he outlines key considerations managers and organizations should take into account when readying their supply chain operations for the next round of growth.