Biden Orders Review of Critical Supply Chains for Resilience

Recommendation: The president should direct the government to publish a report within 30 days that provides an overview of exposure across core logistică lines in industrial sectors, accounting natural disruption events and geopolitical risk, and outline proactive actions plus means to deploy alternative strategii.

The document should quantify the portion of demand tied to a small number of suppliers in a set of sectors, identify vulnerable nodes, and present a plan to diversify input sources, including options to expand domestic capacity and engage alternative providers. It must include a metrics framework with indicators on lead times, inventory levels, and single-vendor exposure under unstable conditions.

The approach follows a two-stage path: a rapid triage to map exposure by region and by commodity, followed by a deeper audit of industrial nodes, with continued updates published in an overview and a restricted annex for government use.

Key actions include a cross-sector task force, a regional diversification program, and a pooled stock of core inputs; the government will push private sector data sharing, with ongoing monitoring that tracks natural-disaster contingencies and geopolitical risk, enabling proactive adjustments when instability arises.

The overview remains aligned with a right balance between transparency and security, while continued monitoring supports being part of a natural, proactive plan that takes into account geopolitical risk. The president will monitor progress and push actions that follows stakeholder feedback.

Scope and priorities of the 100-day review: sectors and rationale

This plan must lock in a cross‑agency effort to cut single‑source exposure by 20% in 60 days, diversify sourcing, and build a transparent dashboard that leaders can act on now.

Early actions target six major sectors with rapid payoff, aligning with allies and partners, and anchored in data sharing, agility, and a simple report that shows progress in weeks not months.

The world is interdependent; this plan uses lessons from the years since the Trump era to close gaps, reduce the shock from outages, and build an agile posture. It evaluates possibilities across an inclusive ecosystem, engaging democratic administrations, business partners, and academic institutions, to keep costs limited while expanding capability. theres no time to waste, and the plan emphasizes that software, data, and people move in step.

A housekeeping reminder: resilience spans IT, facilities, and everyday operations, from data centers to toilet readiness, and all need continuous oversight. The yeast analogy fits here: small, steady improvements compound into stronger capacity over weeks.

Priority sectors

Sector	Rationale	Milestones	Lead Agencies
Semiconductors and advanced manufacturing software	World demand is concentrated; multi‑region exposure creates risk to essential components; domestic capability enhances security and growth.	30 days: map tier‑1 and tier‑2 dependencies; 60 days: secure two domestic or allied sources; 90 days: launch joint procurement pilots; 100 days: finalize contingency production baseline.	DOC, DOE, DOD, OSTP
Essential minerals and energy materials	Geopolitical risk; need for domestic refining capacity; resilient material flows support national manufacture.	30 days: map mining and processing capacity; 60 days: establish alternate routes via allies; 90 days: implement stockpile framework.	DOI, DOE, DOD
Healthcare materials distribution and pharmaceutical inputs	Ensure continuity of medicines during shocks; maintain regional hubs enabling rapid redirection.	30 days: inventory critical items; 60 days: establish two regional hubs; 90 days: test rapid replenishment triggers.	HHS, DHS, FEMA
Food and agricultural inputs distribution	Protect food availability; diversify channels; guard against weather disruptions and pests.	30 days: map farm‑to‑table flows; 60 days: diversify two alternative sources; 90 days: implement rapid replenishment triggers.	USDA, FDA, DHS
Energy components and grid reliability	Transformers, breakers, and power electronics rely on external sources; diversify; maintain stability.	30 days: assess vulnerabilities; 60 days: establish alternate sources; 90 days: fast track domestic production lines.	DOE, DOD, NRC
Transport networks software and data architecture	Growing online commerce; cyber risk; require robust software and data sharing across partners and agencies.	30 days: catalog critical software dependencies; 60 days: secure open‑source and vetted vendors; 90 days: implement resilience monitoring and dashboards.	DOT, DHS, OSTP

Implementation milestones

The cadence targets 15‑, 30‑, and 60‑day checkpoints with monthly reporting to leadership and allies. This approach yields shorter lead times, clearer ownership, and a public report that tracks progress. Theres room to adapt as events evolve, yet the core remains a disciplined schedule, constant learning, and a bias toward fast, measurable wins that boost confidence across the world.

Data sources, transparency, and reporting requirements

Recommendation: Establish a centralized, verifiable data hub that integrates indicators from the largest industries, governments, and their clients, and that maps dependencies across national and regional suppliers. This hub provides standardized data schemas, cross-checking capabilities, and quarterly dashboards to close gaps in visibility. It supports consumers, helps officials, and strengthens prosperity and competitiveness by aligning values across partners and ensuring continuity in emergencies.

Governance and reporting: Authorities should mandate quarterly data submissions from industry groups, with penalties linked to noncompliance. schumer emphasizes transparency as a driver of progress, informing the design. The system should cohere with mapping of dependencies, identifying disruptions in emergencies, and deliver insights to consumers and officials across the range of markets, from largest to niche players. It should explore possibilities to pool data from private sector players while preserving confidentiality. samsung and other clients can contribute anonymized data streams to strengthen the dataset while protecting confidentiality and trade secrets.

Data quality and privacy controls: A layered approach ensures accuracy, consistency, and timeliness. Use official systems and third-party attestations to validate inputs; implement mapping across a broad range of sources, including suppliers, distributors, and producers. Insights can be tailored to particular industries and emergencies. The values of the dataset should be calibrated against consumer outcomes, with numbers that reflect speed of response, cost efficiency, and continuity in emergencies. The range of datasets must include both public and private sources, ensuring that governments can act quickly while firms maintain competitive advantage. This clarity makes it easier to make timely decisions.

Framework for resilience: metrics, criteria, and risk scenarios

Recommendation: implement a metrics framework that ties assets and capacity to disruption exposures, across three time horizons and geographies, including ship routes and cross-border corridors, with explicit triggers for escalation.

1. Asset importance score: identify mission-critical assets spanning industrial facilities, agricultural inputs, and logistics hubs; quantify monetary impact, lead time, and replacement risk.
2. Redundancy and substitutability: map alternate suppliers and processes; set minimum capacity buffers in hours or days.
3. Recovery speed: measure time-to-restore operations after an incident; define target recovery windows by asset class.
4. Interdependencies: quantify how sectors rely on each other; assess cascading risk across logistics, markets, and communication channels.
5. Data quality and identifiability: ensure data provenance, timely updates, and access controls; maintain a single source of truth for decision making.

1. Risk scenarios: define plausible, high-consequence situations such as port disruption affecting ship movements; agricultural input shortages affecting yeast and other provisions; industrial facility outages; adversaries attempting disruption; market stress; and communication failures across administrations.
2. Response playbooks: develop three ready-to-activate playbooks detailing owners, triggers, and actions; test quarterly via tabletop exercises.

Action plan: three key steps. Diversification: establish at least two alternate suppliers for critical inputs; maintain three months of provisions, and verify lead times monthly. Directing priority actions through a clear escalation path. Capacity: create flexible manufacturing and logistics options; target a 15–25% capacity cushion; pre-position critical stock near major nodes, including medical and agricultural products such as seeds and yeast buffers. Communication: implement standardized alerts and cross-organization coordination with a dedicated contact matrix; ensure rapid updates to market participants and regulators.

Governance and advice: assign oversight to an interagency team; solicit input from legal and policy experts, including wilmerhale, to align with existing administrations and related regulations; document risk scenarios and decision rights in a living policy brief; align with agricultural administrations and related sector strategies to keep actions timely and coherent.

Agency roles, governance, and interagency collaboration

Establish a standing interagency coordination council chaired by a senior official with explicit authority to align data, budgets, and actions across agencies. Create a plan with clear milestones, published roles, and quarterly briefings that translate research into concrete steps to secure data sharing. The council should operate beyond silos, drawing on a diverse roster of agencies in economy, health, consumer protection, trade, and infrastructure to ensure broad data sharing while safeguarding human-rights and privacy. That approach yields advice to decision makers, supports timely responses, and reduces fragmentation over decades of practice. During emergencies, coordination accelerates actions, reduces access delays, and ensures service continuity. These arrangements serve communities across diverse geographies. Direct outreach to consumers informs policy.

Governance mechanics and data integrity

Select a governance framework that defines escalation paths, decision rights, and a data-sharing protocol that respects privacy and human-rights. A research-backed risk register, updated quarterly by a cross-team drawn from agencies in health, economy, and public safety, keeps actions aligned. The plan expands access to key information, improving availability to responders, local authorities, insurers, and consumers. A research team leads quarterly activities and ensures accountability. Example: samsung demonstrates how a multi-vendor approach with transparent coordination improves continuity in disruptions, a pattern that informs cross-border collaboration, and helps reduce potential losses in the economy. theres a need to embed accountability across layers.

Implications for businesses and consumers: timelines, compliance, and visibility

Action today: heads of business operations look at underlying dependencies across major goods, including agriculture, electric components, and cyber inputs; build a vendor map and an availability baseline. This approach has been tested in other markets, and results shareable with officials and cscrp to align next steps and secure diversified sources.

Timeline: within 30 days identify key industrial nodes and vulnerabilities; within 60 days implement a supporting, risk-based scoring across vendors; within 90 days launch a cross-functional action plan with measurable results and a public-facing dashboard showing availability of key goods in sectors such as agriculture and electric. The following cadence keeps stakeholders informed.

Compliance actions: cscrp guidance and government officials seek specific steps, including audit trails, vendor diversification, cyber incident reporting, and transparent data sharing. Heads coordinate the following actions, address gaps, and report results to officials.

Visibility framework: a broad view helps business and consumer heads see what is available and what is scarce across diverse regions. Real-time signals from vendor networks, plus data feeds from government and cscrp, support planning today and taking action in the world market. Look at what is working, and align with major cross-border initiatives; results reduce volatility and address gaps in availability of agriculture, electric, and cyber-related inputs, often creating upside for supporting industries worth billion-dollar investment.

What to look at next: identify gaps in industrial inputs across the world, engage other vendors, and take a proactive stance; reporting to officials will track improvement and address remaining chokepoints.