Protecting Your Facility from Disinfecting Wipe Supply Chain Risks

Supply chain disruptions affect disinfecting wipe availability through six distinct mechanisms: global demand surges, ocean freight and port congestion, raw material shortages, trade policy and tariff changes, foreign export controls, and single-supplier dependency. Facilities that experienced these risks most acutely in 2020 were those with import-dependent supply chains, no buffer inventory, and no established relationship with a domestic manufacturer. The protection measures are straightforward: a direct relationship with a Canadian manufacturer, a standing buffer inventory, a qualified secondary supplier, and blanket purchase arrangements. None require significant cost. All require acting before a disruption begins.

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