Relying on links across 150 countries to produce a very specific, high-quality product, Swedish engineering firm Sandvik’s supply chain is more high risk than most. Sara Benwell reports on how the company set out to uncover exactly how it would Read More …
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Case study: How Sandvik put its supply chain to the ultimate test
Why supply chain issues do not cause inflation
While there is some correlation, it is wrong to say supply chain kinks are a primary cause of inflation. There is a common misconception that when supply chains are disrupted, entities along the supply chain shore up more resources to Read More …
Why is risk management important in modern supply chains?
The primary reason for businesses to exist is to make profits. In a perfect world, having a good product that caters to a specific need for a growing base of customers would ensure profits. Unfortunately, we do not operate in Read More …
Mitigating risk in your supply chain
Safeguard your continuity of business and strengthen your operational performance. “Companies with mature capabilities in supply chain and risk management do better along all surveyed dimensions of operational and financial performance than immature companies”- PwC, supply chain and risk management. Read More …
3 Strategies for Securing the Supply Chain, Security’s Weakest Link
The recent cyberattacks against SolarWinds and other widely used technology providers demonstrates the lengths to which foreign nation-states and other hackers are willing to go to achieve malicious objectives. By targeting private sector organizations within the technology supply chain, bad Read More …
Supply chains, ransomware, zero trust and other security predictions for 2022
As 2021 draws to a close, no one in their right mind thinks that cybersecurity risk is just someone else’s problem anymore; major cybersecurity incidents like the SolarWinds breach and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack have raised cybersecurity awareness among public opinions and decision-makers. Read More …
Want to combat global supply disruption? Make enterprise risk management a priority
The term “global supply chain disruption” is finding its way into daily headlines. Ports are bottlenecked, deliveries are backed up, gas prices have skyrocketed, chip supply is down, and the list goes on. Although many of these recent challenges were Read More …
Continuous Global Risk Monitoring for Supply Chain Disruptions
Organizations that lack these systems completely will only be able to react to disruptions once they have occurred, and even those with systems that provide basic monitoring (but no information on impact) may lose valuable response time. Organizations today need Read More …