We have been studying the impact of shipping on global supply chains. Please read all three pages of these two articlefrom recent Economist and apply the concepts that you have learned so far regarding supply chains. Please start with the Intro article, then page 1 and page 2. Your answers should be at least one page.

Answer the following questions.

1) How are global supply chains adapting?

2) Imagine if you were the director of supply chain at Wal-Mart. How would you deal with the surging demand the supply chain disruptions?

3) How would you mitigate these supply chain disruptions and higher shipping costs? Please explain based on what you have learned in class.