“…Industries like automobiles, food, and beverage, and other heavy industries suffered a lot during the lockdown period [23,51,71]. To have a multi-sourcing strategy -SCM professionals must have a thorough knowledge of suppliers, location, lead time, and full networks in detail and be able to categorize suppliers not just by spending, but also by revenue impact if a disruptive event occurs [24,25,47]. This pandemic COVID 19, Ukraine and Russia war has shown us that there is an urgency to have a diversified approach to sourcing [14,15,26].…”