2021 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT | Cummins Inc. 69 The company’s Supply Chain teams total more than 30,000 employees and operate a global network of more than 125 plants, 40 warehouses and a supply base of more than 25,000 suppliers. SUPPORTING RECORD PRODUCTION Global supply chain challenges became widespread toward the start of 2021, disrupting virtually every industry and market, impacting Cummins, its customers and the company’s suppliers. Cummins’ ability to continue navigating the ongoing challenges driven by COVID-19, while also addressing these new challenges, is a testament to employees across the organization. The ability of Cummins’ Supply Chain organization to work collaboratively was critical, as each function brought unique skills that enabled the company to maintain operations at Cummins’ manufacturing SPECIAL REPORT CUMMINS EMPLOYEES MEET SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES After a year of navigating unprecedented challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cummins’ Supply Chain employees continued their tremendous efforts in 2021, supporting record sales while navigating ongoing global supply constraints. The complex combination of pandemic- related effects, weather events, fluctuating demand, and disruptions in global parts supplies and transportation impacted most companies, including Cummins. The company’s Supply Chain organization worked around the clock to resolve these challenges, meet customer demand and, most importantly, keep Cummins employees safe. The Cummins Supply Chain organization is responsible for the production and distribution of the company’s broad portfolio of power solutions. It includes Cummins’ Manufacturing; Purchasing; Planning; Logistics; Quality; and Health, Safety and Environment functions, partnering with teams from across the company (Human Resources, Information Technology, Finance, Legal, Communications and more) to ensure the success of Cummins’ global operations. Cummins diversity, equity and inclusion efforts extend to the company’s supply chain where the company is working to attract more women to the manufacturing function. SUPPLY CHAIN //
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