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Reinventing the Supply Chain
Jack Buffington
Georgetown University Press
www.press.georgetown.edu
9781647122997, $29.95, HC, 216pp

https://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Supply-Chain-21st-Century-Covenant/dp/16= 47122996

Synopsis: When the COVID-19 pandemic led to a global economic "shutdown" in=
March 2020, our supply chains began to fail, and out-of-stocks and deliver=
y delays became the new norm. Contrary to public perception, the pandemic s= train did not break the current system of supply chains; it merely exposed = weaknesses and fault lines that were decades in the making, and which were = already acutely felt in deindustrialized cities and depopulated rural towns=
throughout the United States.

With the publication of "Reinventing the Supply Chain: A 21st-Century Coven= ant with America", Jack Buffington explores the historical role of supply c= hains in the global economy, outlines where the system went wrong and what = needs to be done to fix it, and demonstrates how a retooled supply chain ca=
n lead to the revitalization of American communities. Buffington then propo= ses a transformation of the global supply chain system into a community-bas=
ed value chain, led by the communities themselves and driven by digital pla= tforms for raising capital and blockchain technology.

Critique: With Buffington's proposals of new and effective solutions to sup= ply chain problems that have been decades in the making, "Reinventing the S= upply Chain: A 21st-Century Covenant with America" offers a clear roadmap t=
o a more durable and efficient system. Critically essential reading, "Reinv= enting the Supply Chain" is unreservedly recommended for personal, professi= onal, community, corporate, and academic library Globalization and Business=
Management collections. It should be noted for MBA students, academia, cor= porate executives, entrepreneurs, economists, government policy makers, and=
non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Reinv= enting the Supply Chain" is also available in a paperback edition (97833193= 68047, $54.99) and in digital book format (Kindle, $22.49).

Editorial Note: Jack Buffington (https://firstkey.com/who-we-are/leadership= /dr-jack-buffington) is the director of supply chain and sustainability at = First Key Consulting and professor and academic director of the supply chai=
n management program at the University of Denver. He is the also author of = several previously published books, including "The Recycling Myth and Peak = Plastic".

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