Supply Chain Perspectives - New Year, New Concerns

By Fred Crans, Director of National Accounts, ECRI Institute

The year 2012 starts out with controversy. According to many who deal with such things, there is information to suggest that 2012 may see the “end of days”. The most frequently cited source of reference for the prediction is the Mayan calendar, which allegedly has no dates beyond December 21, 2012.

Most people discount the veracity of the catastrophic predictions and believe that the...