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title: "Supply Chain Brief: 4 Questions to Ask When Repurposing Capacity"
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“Innovative manufacturers are repurposing their capacity to address gaps created by COVID-19 and inspiring peers to follow suit.”

In this report, you can discover:

- How manufacturers are reorienting capacity to produce products like hand sanitizer, face masks, ventilators, and other personal protection equipment (PPE)
- Highlights of the initial wave of innovations
- Key questions that organizations must ask when making a radical pivot
- The need to determine core competencies and existing capabilities

\**Gartner, Supply Chain Brief: The 4 Questions to Ask When Repurposing Capacity to Combat the Coronavirus, Simon Jacobson, Michael Uskert, 3 April 2020*

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