Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: The ticking time bomb
The fine line between ‘just in time’ and ‘just not there’...
With growing populations, increasing GDP levels and improving lifestyles, we’re consuming more and more. Renewable and non-renewable resources: energy, water, land, minerals are in ever-higher demand. And since the relationships between these resources are strong, both the causes of, and the solutions to scarcity are complex. Which, for a manufacturing organisation with a global supply chain, can spell trouble.
In this report we explore the impact that minerals and metals scarcity is likely to have on seven manufacturing industries. We interviewed senior executives in many of the leading organisations that are central to the future growth of these industries to gauge the relevance and effects of this scarcity.
