“Diversify suppliers for each material” Need to switch to flexible supply network Government 7th July 11:37

The government has compiled a white paper on trade this year, and based on the fact that the spread of the new coronavirus has affected the supply chain = supply network such as masks and protective clothing, efforts such as diversifying the procurement source for each item I suggest it is necessary.

According to Koshino's White Paper on Commerce, the spread of the new coronavirus has affected the supply chain or supply network with various materials such as masks and protective clothing, as well as automobiles and electronic components.

Of these, the shortage of "personal protective equipment" such as masks was due to the concentration of production in China, Germany, and the United States, which accounted for about half of the world's exports. This is due to factors such as restricting exports to prevent the outflow.

In electrical machinery and electronic parts, Japanese companies have the highest degree of dependence on China among major countries in the world, and there was a situation in which the supply chain was disrupted due to the spread of infection in China and production had to be stopped. And so on.

For this reason, the White Paper,
▽ while maintaining the stock in the country as a mask and the like protective clothing emergency supplies, in an emergency other was that it is important to create a system of mutual flexibility in concert with other countries,
▽ industrial products and in the food We recommend that we review the highest priority on efficiency and diversify the sources of supply for each item, and to shift to a flexible supply chain.