Yes
And Many of the problems will based around WIP and the components and SAP in Manufacturing for example
I phones for example assembled in China but the supply chain and processes are around and close to China to get the bits can cause real big problems no point paying an assembly line without the components required.
to try to get the bits from far away from assembling thus reducing profit margin due to transport cost and increased WIP time.customers don’t usually wait.
to get those different supply chains going with different restrictions is going to be a real challenge
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The Times has an interesting story from Italy - it appears that many firms are reluctant to get fully rolling, even though they have been granted permission to restart production:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/italian-workers-swap-coronavirus-lockdown-for-lockout-9sz2snhg5
"Italy’s efforts to breathe life into its crippled economy have been dealt a blow with the discovery that less than half the workers allowed to return to work on Monday actually got there.
Of the 4.4 million people permitted to resume their jobs this week as the country’s coronavirus contagion slows, fewer than two million were taken back by employers, Rocco Palombella, the head of Italian union UILM, said. “People didn’t go back because companies cannot start full production when the market has collapsed,” he said.
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On Monday, as new cases slowed, a first significant relaxation of the lockdown was allowed. Of the 4.4 million people allowed back to work, about 60 per cent work in manufacturing, 15 per cent in construction and the rest in related commercial activity. “The problem is that only 30 per cent of factories reopened with a full contingent of staff,” Mr Palombella said. “Fiat Chrysler reopened its Mirafiori plant but took back only 1,000 of 5,000 staff. At the ILVA steel works in Taranto [in southern Italy], 3,000 of 8,200 staff are back. That’s why there was no crush on commuter trains and buses on Monday.”
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- so the evidence from Italy is that even when the Government gives the green light, business as usual (as per pre-lockdown) is not possible.