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Supply Chains Disruptions Climb 38%, Resilinc

[ March 14, 2025   //   ]

Supply chain risk and compliance platform provider Resilinc said its EventWatchAI database revealed that overall disruptions to global supply chains increased 38 percent from 2023.
EventWatchAI, a risk monitoring database found the top five disruptions in 2024 were factory fires, labor disruption, business sales, leadership transition and mergers and acquisitions.
Factory fires were the top disruption for the sixth consecutive year, though the 2,299 disruption alerts were down 20 percent from 2023 and 36 percent off the record high in 2022. Labor disruptions increased 47 percent year-over-year in 2024, impacted by the International Longshoremen’s Association’s U.S. port strike impacting more than 47,000 workers, the Canadian labor strike and major layoffs from tech giants.
Financial risks, including business sales, leadership transitions, and mergers and acquisitions, rounded out the top five disruptions for 2024. While business sales climbed 17 percent, leadership transitions surged 95 percent last year. Notable transitions included leadership changes at Boeing, Nestlé, Pfizer Limited, and Intel. Mergers and acquisitions declined 5 percent but remained a top disruption for 2024.
Several risk areas experienced substantial year-over-year increases: extreme weather jumped 119 percent; flood-related alerts surged 214 percent, forest fires increased 88 percent, and hurricanes/typhoons doubled.
Other noteworthy trends highlighted in the data include a 146 percent rise in labor violations such as forced labor, poor working conditions, and health and safety violations, among others. Geopolitical risk alerts climbed 123 percent after a brief dip in 2023, and protests/riots nearly tripled, or 285 percent.
The five most disrupted industries were life sciences, healthcare, general manufacturing, high tech, and automotive, for the fourth consecutive year.
Of all the 22,522 EventWatchAI notifications sent, 59 percent were impactful enough to trigger the creation of a WarRoom – virtual platforms in the Resilinc dashboard where customers and their suppliers communicate and collaborate to assess and resolve disruptions.

Ahluwalia Named Resilinc CEO

Resilinc has appointed Kamal Ahluwalia as CEO, succeeding Bindiya Vakil, the company’s co-founder and current CEO.
Ahluwalia, with extensive experience in artificial intelligence, product innovation and go-to-market strategy, was president of Ikigai Labs, which specializes in AI-powered forecasting and planning solutions. He was also president at Eightfold.ai, an AI-enabled human resources platform. He has also held business and industry leadership positions throughout his more than 20 years in the industry, including chief revenue officer at Cong and a board member and co-chair of AI task force at the U.S. India business Council.
Vakil will remain with Resilinc as executive chair, where she will continue to help reshape the company’s strategy and growth initiatives.

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