To many, the world of production and manufacturing is a mystery. The general public often simply picks up their goods from the store or orders them online with little thought given to what engineering efforts went into developing those products, or what it takes to create them.

The realization of what manufacturing means to the rest of the world became apparent with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic and supply-chain shortages that many (especially in the United States) were not aware could be possible.

The pandemic has impacted the world of manufacturing on both sides of the supply chain. According to a white paper from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Kearney, the manufacturing space in a wide variety of industries has experienced Covid disruption on both the demand and supply sides of their businesses.

WEF and Kearney conducted interviews to prove the state of disruption during the pandemic. (Image courtesy of the World Economic Forum.)

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