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Baby formula industry was primed for disaster long before key factory closed down

  • Written by Kevin Ketels, Assistant Professor, Teaching, Global Supply Chain Management, Wayne State University
Baby formula industry was primed for disaster long before key factory closed downCities are trying to address the baby formula shortage with community drives.AP Photo/David J. Phillip

The conditions that led to a shortage of baby formula were set in motion long before the February 2022 closure of the Similac factory tipped the U.S. into a crisis.

Retailers nationwide reported supplies of baby formula were out of stock at a rate...

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