Beyond the Black Box
For decades, supply chain risk management followed a predictable formula. Map your tier-1 suppliers, stock safety inventory, insure your freight, and update the business continuity plan once a year. It worked well enough for a…
Risk Management
Your Supply Chain Is Safe As Your Data
Four days. That is how long it took for the cybersecurity community to confirm that ServiceNow’s unauthenticated API flaw was not a theoretical risk but an active exploit vector. And in those four days, countless…
The Hormuz Supply Chain Plan B?
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. About 21 miles wide at its narrowest point. And yet this sliver of water handles roughly one-fifth of the…
Football Is Not Only Football: Hyundai World Cup Supply Chain Protest
When protestors gathered outside Guadalajara Stadium during the World Cup match between Mexico and South Korea, they were not there for football. They were there for steel. Their banners accused Hyundai of hiding a dirty…
The Consolidation Cascade: How 84.7% Market Share Rewrites Freight Rules
The global container shipping industry has reached a level of concentration that would have seemed unthinkable just a decade ago. The top ten ocean carriers now control 84.7 percent of global container capacity, and Mediterranean…
The global economy is facing a critical test of 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.
Conflict in the Middle East is creating uncertainty and disrupting trade. Growth is being supported by strong tech investment and production, as well as lower tariffs.However, the halt in shipments through key waterways is having…
The Courage Gap in Supply Chain
Peter Thiel‘s observation in “Zero to One” that courage is rarer than genius strikes at the heart of what holds back supply chain transformation. We’ve all sat in conference rooms filled with smart people who…
When Supply Chains Face Crisis: The True Test of Leadership
In his book High Ticket Selling, Dan Henry shares a profound insight that resonates deeply with anyone who has navigated the complexities of modern supply chain management: “The truth is, we are not defined by…
The Wisdom of Insecurity: Why Supply Chains Must Learn to Dance
Alan Watts once wrote that life is “all about balancing, not about being balanced.” For those of us who have spent years in the trenches of supply chain management, this insight resonates with particular force….