Back in late 2023, in response to global panic about the state of the supply chain, President Joe Biden announced the formation of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience. “We’re doubling down on our work at home—starting right here, right now—with the launch of a new Council on Supply Chain Resilience,” Biden said. That council won’t turn in its first official report until later this year, and while the myriad of crises that triggered the administration’s action has mostly subsided, the risks remain. Disruptions such as the recent Microsoft-Crowdstrike computer outage, a pending East Coast longshoreman’s port strike, and trade wars to name a few, continue unabated. Not a subscriber?

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