The first 24 hours: why supply chain resilience is now a decision-speed challenge
In today’s supply chain, a week is not merely a long time. It can be the difference between protecting margins and absorbing avoidable cost; maintaining availability and losing sales; or preserving customer trust and explaining why another commitment has been missed.
Geopolitical tensions, tariff changes, economic uncertainty and supplier instability are no longer occasional interruptions to an otherwise predictable operating environment.
They increasingly overlap, interact and move faster than traditional planning cycles.
Senior Industry Strategies Director – Retail & CPG at Blue Yonder.
The external risk picture supports that conclusion. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026 identifies geoeconomic confrontation as the leading risk for both 2026 and the period to 2028. Half of the experts surveyed expect the global outlook over the next two years to be turbulent or stormy.
This is creating a decision-speed challenge at the heart of global commerce.
Research with supply chain leaders, found...
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