In early March, The Open Group, a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through IT standards, “announced the publication of the Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS) Snapshot, a

Robert J. Bowman, managing editor of SupplyChainBrain, writes, “You have to empathize with anyone who’s responsible for managing the risks that accompany global supply chains. One moment you’re preparing for the spread

An article written by the British-based Business Continuity Institute and published in SupplyChainBrain, reports that a survey conducted the BCI determined that “the sources of supply chain failure are deeply rooted.” [“Supply

Writing about supply chain disruptions caused by deliberate cyber attacks, Adrian Gonzalez, rhetorically asked, “Is a 9/11-like cyber attack a low probability, high impact supply chain risk?” [“The Next 9/11: The Risk

Apple’s supply chain has certainly received a lot of attention over the past few years. It has been recognized for its excellence and criticized for its shortcomings. Despite the laurels that have

In Part 1 of this two-part post, I discussed the predictions made by five individuals who were asked to comment by the editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest: Gene Tyndall, Dr. David

In three previous posts [Supply Chain 2012: What Lies Ahead? and More Supply Chain Predictions for 2012, Part 1 and Part 2], I presented predictions about the supply chain from a number

Supply chain risk management is a very complex subject. It has been (and will continue to be) the subject of numerous studies and books. The focus of these studies has ranged from

Last year, the Editorial Staff at Supply Chain Digest wrote, “Risk management was … little talked [about] a decade or so ago, but now it is near the top of every supply