Having been a supply chain practitioner and a management consultant, your note reminds me that a time like this is a great one to work on these projects you speak of, for all the obvious reasons– plus one more. To really dive into a project, you need to dedicate people to the project, or at least a sizable percentage of your time. The persistent problem is that to do this, you need to backfill those participants’ regular positions. That’s why a slower time is actually the easier time to work on projects like these because you can afford the time for the participants and stretch some folks to cover for them while on the projects. If folks look at it from this situation, now’s the time to get to work– and you’ll enjoy the spoils of your work when things take off again.