The pandemic confirmed the critical and strategic importance of supply chain management. Lessons learned/takeaways have created a new SCM. Part 1 focuses on the supply chain itself with an operations take. Structure--organization, technology, and process. Upstream. Downstream. Digitization. Blockchain. Visibility. Metrics. The scope, size, and complexity of supply chains, especially upstream/inbound. This is also meant to challenge traditional views. Part 2 will present supply chain management in the context of key topics that are happening.