Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Leaders brace for supply-chain setbacks
COVID-19 | Economy
July 7, 2021 – Economic recovery is gathering steam, but supply-chain disruptions could stand in its way. While the COVID-19 pandemic remains the biggest threat to economic growth globally, 28 percent of executives in our latest McKinsey Global Survey cite supply-chain disruptions as a top risk, nearly edging out the most common threat to growth: weak customer demand.
To read the survey, see “Economic conditions outlook, June 2021,” June 29, 2021.
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Multi-series line chart.
Layout / body structure
The chart is a single line chart on the left with the legend and series labels echoed in a right-side list. Reader scans left to right across four survey waves from January to late May and early June 2021, then matches each colored line back to the labeled risk names on the right.
What is being compared
The chart compares the share of respondents citing five potential risks to company growth over the next 12 months: weak customer demand, supply-chain disruptions, increasing industry competition, changing customer needs, and business-model disruptions in industry.
Measurement system
The measurement is percent of respondents on a 0 to 50 scale. Each line tracks one risk category across four time points, so the reader judges both level and direction of change from one survey wave to the next.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Five thin colored lines run across the same plot area, with weak customer demand starting highest and supply-chain disruptions climbing over time. The right side acts like an external legend, stacking the risk names in the same order and colors as the lines.
Main takeaway from the visual
Supply-chain disruptions become the most acute rising concern in the chart, moving upward while weak customer demand moves down sharply from its earlier lead. By the final survey wave, the supply-chain line sits at the top of the cluster and visibly above demand weakness.
Key standout values or extremes
Weak customer demand starts at about 41 percent in January and drops to roughly 24 by the last wave. Supply-chain disruptions rise from the mid-teens to about 27 percent, overtaking the other risks, while increasing industry competition finishes close behind around the upper 20s.
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