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The Institute for Supply Management published its purchasing managers index earlier this month and still showed signs of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector, but respondents were already reporting production delays, longer lead times, lack of supplier visibility and difficulty sourcing parts as a result of the outbreak.
Events like the ongoing outbreak and other supply chain disruptions are the times when a lack of visibility can become a real problem for manufacturers, according to Sri Talluri, the Hoagland-Metzler endowed professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University.
"With higher levels of stock right now, we may not see the immediate effect," Talluri said in an interview with Supply Chain Dive, adding that a slowdown or pause in production could still come for some domestic manufacturers.