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Category Scan: Coronavirus Impact on IT Infrastructure
The impact of COVID 19 is clearly visible in the domain of IT infrastructure, and IT procurement managers can experience delays and increase in prices of IT hardware like PC, smartphones/tablets, network hardware, server and storage due to supply shortages.

Category Scan: Metals, Electronic Systems, External Manufacturing
COVID-19 has affected nearly 210 countries worldwide, impacting the manufacturing sector in a major way, including the markets for metals, electronic systems, external manufacturing, and precision plastics.

Category Scan: Capital Equipment Sector Affected By Coronavirus
Although dominant supply bases have been affected, COVID-19 has given a push to adoption of newer technologies to capital equipment OEMs, especially those operating in the essential services category like, healthcare and food.

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