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The COVID-19 pandemic and its ripple effects have put supply chain risk management back in the spotlight. Simply put, supply chains today face greater risks than just 3 years ago when we [...]

In last week's Indago survey, several members submitted questions about preparing for a possible economic recession. Also, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report [...]

Last week Russia invaded Ukraine. In addition to the tragic consequences of war on lives and property, this event is "piling new troubles onto the world’s already battered supply chains," as [...]

As reported in the Luxembourg Times last week, "European Union governments will launch later this week a large-scale simulation of cyberattacks against multiple member states. Participants will [...]

A new variant of COVID-19 named Omicron was reported this past weekend, prompting many countries to take measures to minimize its transmission, such as imposing travel bans. It is a reminder that [...]

I first wrote about the cyber threat to supply chains almost 7 years ago in The Hackers Inside Your Supply Chain. Two years later in The Day A Cyber Attack Brings The World’s Supply Chains To A [...]

A recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal discusses how GPS is vital to many aspects of business and society, "but hacking it has never been easier." If GPS was disabled, intentionally or [...]

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article ("SolarWinds Hack Forces Reckoning With Supply-Chain Security"), the hacking of SolarWinds "pushed many businesses to analyze their network [...]

In the post Hidden Suppliers Can Make or Break Your Operations (Harvard Business Review, May 2015), the authors write, “With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting [...]

"In the post Hidden Suppliers Can Make or Break Your Operations (Harvard Business Review, May 2015), the authors write, ""With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting [...]