As global supply chains hit the bottleneck amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the gap between supply and demand of personal protective equipment or PPE, medical devices and testing kits is widening at an accelerating rate. Buyers are racing to find surgical masks, face shields, goggles, gloves, body suits, thermometers, respirators, and laboratory and … [Read more...]
Non-tech medical & healthcare trends
Top non-tech medical & healthcare trends at the Global Sources Online Show Just two years ago, the global healthcare market reached a value of nearly $8,452 billion. In fact, it has shown a compound annual growth rate of 7.3% since 2014 and is projected to keep climbing at least until 2022. By then, the industry is expected to be worth … [Read more...]
Tech at the frontlines: Must-source electronics for pandemic response
Drones deliver, disinfect Beyond taking photos and recording videos, drones are proving they can do more in these difficult times. Now that social distancing has become the new normal in order to prevent the spread of the virus, drones are being used for delivery and disinfection. In China, drones are able to transport essential … [Read more...]
E-commerce in a post-coronavirus world
E-commerce is taking a bigger slice than it has been during this pandemic and it is not going away Since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 as a pandemic, people had an increasing change in their buying behavior. People have embraced social distancing to slow down the spread of coronavirus, which resulted in a drop … [Read more...]
eBook: Who Holds the Procurement Power? Sourcing PPEs & medical devices in the time of pandemic
As the world grapples to address the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and global supply chains hit bottleneck, the gap between supply of and demand for medical devices, testing kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) ranging from surgical masks, to respirators, face shields, goggles, gloves and body suits are widening at an … [Read more...]