Pfizer and Moderna are biopharmaceutical companies that have recently developed what appear to be very effective vaccines against COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.Various news organizations have reported that the vaccines may be available to essential health care workers in just a matter of weeks, with the rest of the population following into the spring and summer of 2021.

Process integration is defined in the text as "sharing information and coordinating resources to jointly manage a process or processes."A number of factors can impede external process integration along the supply chain which result in higher overall costs and reduced customer service capabilities.Using the COVID vaccine as the product, discuss how these obstacles might impact the supply chain.(Discuss at least two of the obstacles.)