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Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction is the number one podcast 'All About Supply Chain Advantage, Global Trade And Policy' with Tony Hines containing regular audio snippets relevant to C suite executives, supply chain professionals, researchers, policy makers in government, students, media commentators and the wider public. New episodes every week discuss hot topics in the news and supply chain ideas relevant to everyone involved in supply chain management. There are special editions too.
Our goal is to keep our listeners updated and informed about the various factors that can influence the dynamics of supply chains. As the world continues to evolve, so too do the complexities of global supply chains. By keeping an eye on these global events, we can anticipate potential challenges and opportunities, and navigate the ever-changing landscape of supply chains with agility and insight.
Chain Reaction
Latest Episodes
Efficiency & Optimization
“Efficiency is dead” is a great slogan. It’s also a risky way to run a supply chain. I’m Tony Hines, and I’m making the evidence based case for why efficiency, optimization, and cost discipline still matter, especially when disruptions, higher ...
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The Hollow Corporation
Outsourcing can look like pure progress until you realize you outsourced your ability to recover. I’m Tony Hines, and I’m unpacking the “Hollow Corporation” idea: organizations that keep a small strategic core while pushing manufacturing, logis...
Business News: The Iran War Price Shock, Ukraine Sold Out
Diesel triples. Freight reroutes. Insurance spikes. Then your grocery bill climbs and your mortgage rate refuses to come down. That is the real story I walk through today, using the Iran war as the ignition point for a global supply chain and i...
The Trojan Horse Parking In Europe And Elsewhere
Tariffs are built to stop imports, but what happens when the “import” is assembled down the road? We unpack a major shift in global trade and the auto industry: Chinese automakers are no longer just exporting EVs, they’re building full manufact...
How Geopolitics Rewrites Global Supply Chains
Supply chains are being rewritten in real time, and the author isn’t a boardroom or a new app. It’s geopolitics. I’m Tony Hines, and I’m looking at how global power shifts are turning sourcing, logistics, and manufacturing into high-stakes deci...
