Free TRB Webinar: The Supply Chain and COVID-19

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COVID-19 has had a profound impact on supply chains for many different critical products, both in the United States and worldwide. The pandemic has created major changes in freight flows and has challenged the ability to deliver products to companies and consumers within the needed time frame. This has perhaps most acutely become an issue an issue for both medical supplies and food delivery. TRB is hosting a webinar on that will explore the impacts of COVID-19 on the supply chain and logistics industries.

Presenters will discuss lessons learned from past freight transportation and supply chain disruptions, identify research that has been done to address resilience in the supply chain, describe how to mitigate the economic impacts of these disruptions, and provide commentary on current supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19. Registration is now open. There is no fee to attend this webinar.

Webinar Participants
Moderated by: Mike Meyer, WSP
• Principal Investigator for NCFRP Research Report 39: Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions

Paul Bingham, IHS Markit
• Expert in supply chain logistics, freight transportation, and transportation economics

Anne Strauss-Wieder, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
• Expert in supply chain and freight movement, transportation policy, and maritime transportation

Webinar Outline
1. How the supply chain industry has responded to past disruptions
2. Lessons learned from past disruptions and best practices for a resilient supply chain
3. How supply chain and logistics managers can respond to disruptions from COVID-19
4. Question and answer session