You understood how much firms around the world are interconnected with each other and how complicated it is to manage their supply chains. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 outbreak is currently affecting supply chains and disrupting manufacturing operations around the world. Especially, this pandemic has made it difficult for purchasing managers to manage their supply chains.

Explain what challenges purchasing managers have faced during the pandemic and how the challenges could be overcome.

• The extent to which you analyze the challenges that purchasing managers have encountered during the pandemic
• The extent to which you discuss the solutions to overcome the challenges from an SCM perspective

I need help answering each of the required questions please.