Interview - Blockchain adds resilience to supply chains

COVID-19 has created supply chain pain in many ways. First of all, lockdown meant that some manufacturers weren't able to produce. That created a lack of supply for certain industries. Second, because of panic buying by consumers, there were huge demand spikes for certain products. Remember when you couldn't seem to find toilet paper to buy anywhere? And now that we're likely facing a deep, long recession, supply chains face continued and prolonged uncertainly. Some will see production spike. Others will grind to a halt.  No matter what the case, supply chains need to become more resilient. It turns out blockchain could help with that. Here to explain why is David Glazer, the digital and innovation practice lead at Info-Tech Research Group.