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Covid-19 pandemic: Early implications for north european manufacturing and logistics
Kouvola Unit, LUT University, Prikaatintie 9, Kouvola, 45100, Finland.
Kouvola Unit, LUT University, Prikaatintie 9, Kouvola, 45100, Finland.
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Paraatikenttä 7, Kouvola, 45120, Finland.
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Supply Chain and Operations Management. Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8305-4412
2020 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 12, no 20, p. 1-13, article id 8315Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

From early 2020 onwards, the world has been going through an unprecedented wave of lockdowns, shutdowns, and preventive measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is evident that these have been harmful for tourism, passenger transport, and the service sector in general. However, less is known regarding the implications for manufacturing and logistics, which is the purpose of this research. We concentrate on reporting survey findings from Northern Europe, and mostly from Finland. Based on trade accounts, it is evident that Covid-19 has had significant impacts on Finnish import and export. However, in survey responses, companies report that they have mostly been able to serve customers in a good fashion, and the pandemic has increased transportation costs only moderately. Inventories might experience an increase due to the virus, however, in the longer term they will likely remain at the earlier levels (or slightly increase). Companies are mostly afraid of the effects of the second wave of the epidemic, and are also already thinking about the long-term issues with transportation modes used together with supply chain dependencies. For example, the Chinese and, in part, Russian, markets are increasingly being served by railways during the current decade. For some companies (especially small and medium-sized ones) and foreign trade markets, however, the epidemic era has been very harmful. Therefore, as a conclusion we argue that the pandemic is causing rather asymmetrical impacts on manufacturing and logistics.

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MDPI, 2020. Vol. 12, no 20, p. 1-13, article id 8315
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Covid-19, Finland, Freight, Logistics, Manufacturing, Northern Europe
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Transport Systems and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50871DOI: 10.3390/su12208315ISI: 000583087600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85092899946Local ID: GOA JTH 2020;JTHLogistikISOAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-50871DiVA, id: diva2:1479212
Available from: 2020-10-26 Created: 2020-10-26 Last updated: 2022-02-10Bibliographically approved

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