Post-covid-19 Supply Chains: Challenges and Prospects

The article examines the impact of COVID-19 on supply chains – the problems caused by the pandemic and the prospects that it opened up for further business development. The emergence and spread of COVID-19, as well as the quarantine measures became a significant challenge for the global economy. Despite the negative impact of the pandemic, it also opened up a number of opportunities for the development of companies and improvement of the existing drawbacks in their logistics activities. The aim of the study is to analyze supply chain disruptions, identify the main reasons for and consequences of these changes as well as propose directions for the future development of supply chains in the post-COVID-19 period. Overcoming the current crisis is an unprecedented challenge for the management team of all logistics players. The COVID-19 pandemic could be the starting point for global changes in the construction of supply chain systems, taking into account current trends such as digitalization, flexibility, localization, new types of delivery, etc