How to improve supply chain resilience under the impact of the global epidemic?

　　China News Service, September 23 Question: How to improve supply chain resilience under the impact of the global epidemic?

　　China-Singapore Finance reporter Xia Bin

　　Since 2020, the repeated outbreaks of the new crown epidemic around the world have continued to impact the supply chains of major industries. The fields of automobiles, energy, agriculture, transportation and electronic information products have been affected to varying degrees. Many companies have been forced to Orders are delayed and the importance of supply chain resilience is becoming more prominent.

　　According to the Gartner report, the 2021 Global Semiconductor Inventory Index will be in "critical shortage territory" for all four quarters.

　　Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, recently stated at the "2022 International Forum on Resilience and Stability of Industrial Chains and Supply Chains" that maintaining the resilience and stability of global industrial chains and supply chains is an important guarantee for promoting world economic development, which is in line with the common interests of people all over the world," After decades of development, the world has formed an industrial division of labor pattern of 'you have me, I have you'. Countries are closely connected through the industrial chain and supply chain and make progress together. While achieving their own development, they also promote the world economy. prosperity."

　　"The biggest change brought about by the epidemic is that the business development of many factories has become unpredictable, and operating rates, transportation logistics, and costs cannot be clearly managed and controlled." Inspur Information President Peng Zhen said in an interview with Zhongxin Finance and Economics , The instability of the global supply chain has led to a decrease in supply, but demand, especially digital demand, is on the rise, resulting in a situation of short supply after the epidemic. However, as the epidemic hits the economy and affects consumption levels and consumption habits, many expanded production capacity has become invalid. The production capacity of the supply chain has turned into an inventory squeeze problem. "This reversal is very sharp."

　　In Peng Zhen's view, the above-mentioned changes in the environment are also in the "education" market. When the epidemic disrupts the global economy, the agility and responsiveness of the supply chain are particularly important.

　　The supply chain of the industrial chain is the lifeblood of the industrial economy, and the stable and smooth operation of the industrial chain and supply chain is crucial to the smooth operation of the industrial economy.

However, it must also be noted that in the first half of this year, some parts of China were greatly affected by the impact of the epidemic. Enterprises stopped work and production, and logistics and transportation were not smooth. The industrial chain and supply chain once faced many blockages.

The government quickly took a series of measures to ensure the smooth flow of the industrial chain and supply chain and stabilize the operation of the industrial economy.

　　Looking to Shanghai in the first half of this year, a large number of local industrial enterprises have encountered difficulties such as insufficient inventory, limited upstream production capacity, and poor logistics circulation.

This not only gave them a deeper understanding of supply chain value and resilience, but also made them think about how to better improve supply chain resilience through digital transformation in a new environment full of uncertainty.

　　Peng Zhen said that there are many problems involved in realizing the supply chain can adapt to large-scale, customized and rapid delivery.

The first is to extend the supply chain technology to the upstream of the industrial chain, and the relationship between supply and demand is directly transmitted to the source.

　　Take Inspur Information and Intel and other upstream and downstream partners as an example to establish a global strategic partnership. On this basis, Inspur Information has established a customer demand-driven digital supply chain platform, including a global supply chain control tower, a customer panoramic ecological platform, and suppliers. Ecological collaboration platform, digital factory, etc.

　　Among them, the supply chain control tower has realized the planning and coordination of 10 manufacturing centers around the world, the unified scheduling of production capacity, and the 52-week rolling forecast.

In 2021, Inspur Information will set up 6 supply assurance groups, adjust the component supply chain on a global scale through the supplier ecological collaboration platform, complete the replacement verification of more than 1,500 core components, and save the delivery risk of more than 100,000 units .

　　Zhao Jian, Dean of Caesar Research Institute, believes that the digital supply chain platform led by leading enterprises can better discover, collect, mine, and integrate information and data on the supply chain of the industrial chain. Highly overlooking the continuous processes of procurement, production, logistics, delivery, distribution, inventory and order management in the upstream, midstream and downstream, the impact on shortages, excesses, price fluctuations, external risks, etc. and disrupting the supply chain, through the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence , digital twin, simulation and other technologies can make timely monitoring and early warning and quickly formulate emergency plans to ensure the safety and stability of the supply chain in real time.

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