International Journal of Education and Social Science (IJESS)

This teaching case study examines the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the efficacy of the Just-in-Time and Just-in-Case approaches to the Global Supply Chain (GSC). Over the past five years, COVID scrambled the GSC and sent shock waves through markets. Conventional wisdom appears to have turned against JIT in favor of JIC in the context of the GSC. This case serves as a teaching moment for college students majoring in supply chain management and/or management students. Students will be given the context of both philosophies and consider what occurred because of COVID. As part of the case study, students will be asked which philosophy they prefer in terms of the GSC and will be asked to make recommendations. There exists a continued need in education for experiential classroom learning for contingency planning as it relates to real-world issues such as COVID-19.