PV Tech: Lessons from the COVID-19 outbreak: Managing global supply chains amid uncertainty

By Andy Klump, CEO, Clean Energy Associates

Firms that obtain their equipment from convoluted overseas supply chains can learn from corporate investors, now seeking to reduce the volatility in their stock portfolios. Risk reduction is a rational response to irrational times.

In the long term, our current crisis will require companies all over the world, in virtually every sector, to improve at assessing their supply chain risk amid global uncertainties — whether a trade war or a pandemic.