Nature argues for new digital supply-chain accounting

Nature argues that national statistical systems should add new digital and energy-flow accounting layers to better measure supply-chain resilience and the economic effects of outages. It frames this as a commentary and policy proposal rather than a first-time corporate announcement.

• The article proposes tracking computation, data traffic, and tokenized settlement flows alongside existing monetary accounts to expose bottlenecks in supply chains and infrastructure.
• It cites examples including the CrowdStrike-related outage, the Heathrow substation fire, and the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack, and discusses existing statistics from the OECD, UN System of National Accounts, and IEA.