The Committee wanted to know more about the short and medium-term structural challenges facing Scotland’s supply chain.
As part of the inquiry, the Committee undertook a call for views which closed on 9 November 2021 and received 40 responses in total.
Read the written submissions here
A supply chain is the end to end process of creating products and delivering them to customers.
The Committee was aware of the challenges that business and industry were facing at the time. Some of these were short-term issues like access to fuel and raw materials to make products. Others were longer-term issues, such as staff shortages, or having people with the skills needed by business in the parts of the country where there were vacancies.
The Committee published its report on 28 April 2022. A copy of the report can be found below