Microsoft’s supply chains are back on track, though the “bigger issue” is the demand for products in Western countries battling Covid-19, according to CEO Satya Nadella.
Having a chat with CNBC, the software king of the world said he was confident that product launches announced pre-outbreak would continue as planned, but said that he is concerned about demand in regions battling the virus.
Nadella said: “The supply chains are all coming back; right now that is not a real issue. I think the bigger issue is what happens in the US and Europe and other developed markets about the demand side, going forward.”
Nadella said that he feel good about where Microsoft was at the moment.
“I think on the supply side we are getting back on the rails, the question now is getting the products done and launched and the situation, in terms of demand”, he said.
Microsoft’s diverse business and portfolio will allow the company to weather the ongoing crisis, Nadella said.
He said that his main priority is to be the “digital responder to first responders”.
“Microsoft has a great balance sheet, we are a very diverse business; we have a mix of annuity and non-annuity that is also stronger than the last time we went into the financial crisis”, he said.
“Right now my focus is our responsibility as the first responder to other first responders. I think that with all these changes there is going to be a new demand that we will have to scale to meet.”
