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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox explain, “In the 2015 novel Ghost Fleet , the spark that starts World War III is not a nuclear bomb, but a supply chain hack. Singer suggests that Chinese-made microchips embedded in our appliances, devices, satellites, fighter jets, war ships, and tanks could turn against us.”[1]

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This Week in Logistics News (November 2-6, 2015)

Talking Logistics

at DGAC Conference 2015. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter 2015 Results. Back in April 2015, the company acquired another major competitor: IBM’s LogicTools supply chain applications business unit. The post This Week in Logistics News (November 2-6, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.