--- title: The COVID-19 pandemic will expedite long-standing transformations in supply chains and entertainment digitalization description: The traditional industry was under heavy pressure to improve productivity through digitalization long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. image: https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Atlantic%20Council%20Trade-digitalization-large-1024x683.jpg --- [![World Trade Center Miami facilitates two-trade in Miami and the Americas.](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/WTCM%20-%20black%20logo-2.svg "World Trade Center Miami facilitates two-trade in Miami and the Americas.")](https://www.wtcmiami.org) # International Trade | Newsletter | WTCM ## [The COVID-19 pandemic will expedite long-standing transformations in supply chains and entertainment digitalization](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-covid-19-pandemic-will-expedite-long-standing-transformations-in-supply-chains-and-entertainment-digitalization) ** Jun 24, 2020 1:17:48 PM / by [Atlantic Council](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/atlantic-council) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The pandemic has impacted [75 percent of supply chains for US companies](https://fortune.com/2020/03/11/75-of-companies-report-coronavirus-has-disrupted-their-supply-chains/). The supply of essential goods like food and medicine continue to come under heavy pressure and have prompted both policymakers and industry leaders to question the security of relying on a single major supplier, such as China. Instead, many are now looking to bolster supply chains by diversifying across multiple countries and building redundancies into supply networks. According to a recent [report by Bristlecone](https://www.bcone.com/covid-19-impact-on-supply-chains/),  by the fourth quarter of 2020 many companies will study consumer behavior pattern and move to digitally optimize their logistics operations while building an online presence.  [Read more.](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-covid-19-pandemic-will-expedite-long-standing-transformations-in-supply-chains-and-entertainment-digitalization/) Tags: [Industry News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/industry-news), [June 2020](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/june-2020) #### Written by [Atlantic Council](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/atlantic-council) ### Subscribe to Email Updates - [Recent](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-covid-19-pandemic-will-expedite-long-standing-transformations-in-supply-chains-and-entertainment-digitalization#tab-1) - [Popular](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-covid-19-pandemic-will-expedite-long-standing-transformations-in-supply-chains-and-entertainment-digitalization#tab-2) - [Categories](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-covid-19-pandemic-will-expedite-long-standing-transformations-in-supply-chains-and-entertainment-digitalization#tab-3) ### Lists by Topic - [Industry News (34)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/industry-news) - [April 2020 (18)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/april-2020) - [July Newsletter (11)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/july-newsletter) - [May 2020 Newsletter (10)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/may-2020-newsletter) - [Trade Spotlight (10)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/trade-spotlight) - [June 2020 (8)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/june-2020) - [Opinion (4)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/opinion) - [President's Message (4)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/presidents-message) - [Chairman's Message (2)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/chairmans-message) - [Media Feature (1)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/media-feature) ### Posts by Topic - [Industry News (34)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/industry-news) - [April 2020 (18)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/april-2020) - [July Newsletter (11)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/july-newsletter) - [May 2020 Newsletter (10)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/may-2020-newsletter) - [Trade Spotlight (10)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/trade-spotlight) - [June 2020 (8)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/june-2020) - [Opinion (4)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/opinion) - [President's Message (4)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/presidents-message) - [Chairman's Message (2)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/chairmans-message) - [Media Feature (1)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/tag/media-feature) [See all](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-covid-19-pandemic-will-expedite-long-standing-transformations-in-supply-chains-and-entertainment-digitalization#) ### Recent Posts # About Us Miami's Platform for International Business. 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