Challenges in the Supply Chain for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during Covid-19

Authors

  • Daniela Laura Rondinone North Carolina State University
  • A. Blanton Godfrey NC State University Wilson College of Textiles
  • Shaghayegh Rezaei Arangdad NC State University Wilson College of Textiles
  • Antony Urmise Jose Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University.
  • Aditi Anil Khamkar
  • Anantha Padmanabhan Anilkumar
  • Rucha Girgaonkar

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe shortages of critical medical PPE products such as gowns, masks, gloves, face shields, and N95 respirators. With the shortages in supply, hospitals and other healthcare providers as well as first responders continue to experience extremely high demand for PPE products. The radical increase in demand significantly affected the supply chain network, which caused shortages of supplies and many disruptions in distribution.

Author Biographies

  • A. Blanton Godfrey, NC State University Wilson College of Textiles
    Professor
  • Shaghayegh Rezaei Arangdad, NC State University Wilson College of Textiles
    Research Assistant Professor
  • Antony Urmise Jose, Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University.
    Graduate student

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Published

2021-08-31

Issue

Special Issue: Emerging Issues in Management and Marketing for Textiles and Apparel - Part 2

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Scholarly Articles

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