Risk Management

From orbit to operations: Winning the race for the earliest disruption signal

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Akshat Doshi & Rijuka Jain Satellite and Earth-observation data are emerging as a critical supply chain visibility tool, enabling organizations to detect disruptions days or even weeks before traditional systems and make faster, lower-cost decisions.

Supply chain’s new normal isn’t stability, it’s change

Friday, May 22, 2026 · Brian Straight As geopolitical disruption, transportation volatility, AI-driven demand shifts, and changing trade dynamics reshape global logistics, supply chain leaders are being forced to abandon static planning models and prioritize agile, outcome-driven technology strategies built around…

It isn’t just about gas prices

Monday, May 11, 2026 · Rosemary Coates The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is exposing how deeply modern supply chains depend on petroleum-based inputs, creating cascading disruptions across transportation, agriculture, plastics, chemicals, semiconductors, and global consumer markets.

Predicting failure before it happens: A new playbook for transportation risk

Friday, March 27, 2026 · Debanshu Sharma Machine learning-driven carrier risk modeling enables supply chains to predict and prevent pickup defects, reducing costs and improving on-time performance.

Suppliers can evaporate: Five ways to improve SCM risk management

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, CSP, C.P.M. MCIPS, President of Strategic Procurement Solutions LLC Suppliers can “evaporate” without warning, making proactive supply chain risk management essential. Procurement leaders can take “intelligent risks” rather than defaulting to overly cautious, bureaucratic processes that hinder performance. He outlines five practical,…

Trade wars won’t break supply chains. But the consumer impact will trouble brands

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Kevin O’Marah, co-founder, Zero100 Global trade wars and geopolitical tensions in 2026 are not breaking modern supply chains, but the rising cost of resilience is increasingly being passed on to consumers, creating price pressure, brand risk, and trust challenges.

Supply chain cyber risk strategies shift toward resilience

Monday, February 23, 2026 · Brian Straight As AI accelerates both cyberattacks and defenses, supply chain leaders must shift from prevention-only strategies to resilience-driven models built on third-party visibility, governance, and rapid recovery.

Manufacturers’ AI adoption is outpacing cyber, compliance, and risk governance

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · Brian Straight Manufacturers are rapidly deploying AI across production and supply chains, but new research shows their governance, cybersecurity, and compliance controls are lagging—creating growing exposure to adversarial AI attacks, regulatory scrutiny, and third-party supply chain…

A playbook for disaster preparedness

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · Ashley Hubka, SVP & GM, Walmart Business A practical disaster preparedness playbook outlines how businesses can strengthen continuity planning, protect employees, and accelerate recovery from hurricanes, floods, cyberattacks, and other disruptions through proactive risk assessment, supply chain flexibility, and…

3 strategies to turn supply chain uncertainty into advantage in 2026

Monday, December 15, 2025 · Thomas O’Connor, chief of research, Gartner Supply Chain In an era of persistent volatility, Gartner argues that supply chain leaders can turn uncertainty into advantage by embedding AI into workflows, engineering profit through disciplined cost management, and stress-testing networks before disruption strikes.

ASCM’s Top 10 Supply Chain Trends reveal a year of intelligent transformation

Thursday, December 11, 2025 · Brian Straight ASCM’s Top 10 Supply Chain Trends in 2026 report offers a detailed look at the technologies, capabilities, and global forces shaping the year ahead. At the top of the list is artificial intelligence, now central to planning, forecasting, logistics, and real-time…

Reglobalization drives the modern supply chain network

Friday, November 28, 2025 · Brian Straight The pursuit of low-cost networks left supply chains vulnerable to volatility. Now, they are refocusing on networks that are resilient, agile and flexible with the added focus on cost.

Why AI isn’t ready to replace humans in third-party risk management

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · Brian Straight Insights from Aravo’s Dave Rusher and The Edmund Group’s Steven Adler show that while AI enhances supplier-risk intelligence and network-design decisions, companies must retain ownership of risk through human expertise and proactive strategy.

Why 2026 demands a new freight playbook

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 · Jose Suarez, Latin America expert and LATAM sales director, Tive As global freight becomes riskier, more valuable, and increasingly regulated, logistics leaders must adopt a new 2026 playbook built on visibility, analytics, and multi-layered resilience.

Supply chains under (cyber) attack

Monday, November 3, 2025 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cyberattacks are crippling supply chains and exposing hidden vulnerabilities in the very technologies meant to drive efficiency. As cloud platforms, robotics, and connected systems expand, companies must treat cybersecurity as a core supply chain function, building redundancy,…