COVID-19 crisis management for photonics businesses

摘要

All businesses face new and unexpected management challenges during this COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. To help photonics-related businesses think through their strategy for managing issues such as customer care, supplies, staff, and finance, the OSA Industry Development Associates (OIDA) is hosting a series of webinars: Navigating your businesses out of the COVID-19 storm. The first was held in April 2020, with the series open to everyone and available in archive. The series continues with discussions informed by crisis management experience and expertise. They will include topics such as managing and fighting fires in global supply chains, dealing with employees after furlough, an investment perspective on the global semiconductor sector (a proxy for photonics), the CARES Act and implications for financing and M&A plans, and team building in what will be a new business environment--the new normal.