FOREWORD The future isn ’ t about technology - it ’ s about people
“ Change is not a function of technology , or strategy . It is a function of people , and businesses are fast waking up to this reality ”
The world is changing , maybe faster than at any time in living memory , and for this we shouldn ’ t be thanking technology , but people
Ours is a world in flux . Very little is the same as it was two and a-half-years ago , when a zoonotic virus made its way from bat to man in a Wuhan wet market .
Furlough . WFH . Top dressing . Waiting lists for toilet roll . None of this was part of our daily lives in early 2020 .
No one was talking about robust and agile supply chains , either . But they are now . There is also one other very important thing we weren ’ t quite as focused on as we are today : people .
Change is not a function of technology , or strategy . It is a function of people , and businesses are fast waking up to this reality .
In this issue , you ’ ll find experts from across supply , logistics , procurement and technology saying the same thing : businesses must put people first if they are to succeed in today ’ s changing world .
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