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Tony Hines speaks to Mario Paganini, VP Marketing at Stord to learn how supply chains are meeting the challenges of peak season. Stord is a fast-growing business building customer centric supply chains.  "Stord untangles and centralizes your supply chain in a single dashboard, so you can focus on what matters." Well it was my pleasure to talk to Mario Paganini this week about the peak se...

SC News Round Up - All things impacting global supply chains this week with Tony Hines EU heads for recession and Germany is the worst affected country in the 27 country block. Shrinkage in Germany is forecast at 0.6%. Ireland looks to be the best performer. Falling out of love with the tech sector as it unfriends employees. Is China still a pro-business country? Covid lockdowns have forced many b...

All things impacting global supply chains this week with Tony Hines. Now we could talk about lots of things happening in supply chains this week we've got inflation, we've got interest rates rising, we've got input costs going up, we've got freight rate prices lowering and that's because demand for shipping and container boxes has fallen. We've also got chip prices hi...

Welcome to the News Roundup all things impacting global supply chains this week. Maersk announces downturn in demand for shipping logistics freight rates peaked and demand for container boxes falls. Cop 27 runs from 6th to 18th November in Egypt -listen to what needs to be done to avert the climate emergency. Russian retail sales fall as does employment as interest rates rise. Interest rates up by...

In this episode Tony Hines explains why getting to the future fast is necessary for survival and future profitability. He draws on examples from automobile industry and the race to establish giga factories to serve the electric vehicle industry.  Listen to how German industry turned to China to get to a new future. The Key to Unlock the Future In the second part of the episode the questions asked...

All things impacting global supply chains this week. Inflation, one, two, three Prime Ministers in three months, big ships in Boston, Putin pushes the West faster to ditch oil and gas, Unilever raise prices, rail strikes and dock strikes. Japan’s driverless vehicles approved Tesco’s retail graduate scheme - Find out more about Tesco's Retail Graduate Programme and apply at https://lnkd.in/g4d...

Retail Detail with Tony Hines What is it like to be a retailer? Many are small businesses - Pop and Mom stores but others are some of the biggest businesses in the world. Leading retailers manage many product categories and lines. They deal with brands and they have their own brands too.  Keeping costs low and maintaining margins is critical. This is where sourcing, procurement and operations dete...

All things impacting global supply chains this week. The war in Ukraine continues and takes a new turn targeting energy supply Strikes everywhere and more brewing in the UK China's zero covid tolerance damages market share Xi Ping wants to serve another term The big news in the UK dominates the airwaves as the Prime Minister resigns. You will remember I asked the question last week would she...

All things impacting global supply chains this week with Tony Hines Inflation and strikes along with Russia's war in Ukraine continue to cause disruption Challenges in the automobile industry and aerospace industries Chip shortages continue holding up manufacturing Liverpool dockers strike for 19 days Peel Ports claim they have offered 10 per cent but the Unite Unions disputes that - Dockers...

News Round Up all things impacting global supply chains this week. We begin October with a full round up of what has happened. UK Government mini budget crashes economy with pound falling as Bank of England steps in Listen to the special edition on Casino Economics Economics the dismal science and a return to supply side economics with Thatcher's legacy having an encore with Liz Truss Governm...

All things impacting global supply chains. Employment levels, output and inflation Food inflation still on the rise Real fall in wages of 2.8% year on year in the UK Rail strikes could impact supply chains Inditex sourcing to ensure availability increasing inventory cost DHL contract logistics investing in warehousing in India Three tips to keep supplies flowing 'Balance' China and India...

This episode reflects on recent economic policy changes by the UK Government in its recent mini budget. Market reaction has been critical and this has resulted in lowering the value of the currency. Has the UK taken a big gamble with their economic policies? Is it one spin of the roulette wheel to go for growth? Markets think it looks like this given their response. The International Monetary Fund...

Government policies often follow a fiscal approach to manage demand and monetary policies through interest rates to attack inflation. These are not the only tools available but they are widely used. In this episode Tony Hines takes listeners through these choices before considering supply side economics and what that can achieve. Interest rates until very recently have been historically low. This...

This edition takes a look at the UK Mini Budget which is called a strategy for growth. Government policies shape the environment in which businesses operate.  The policies enacted give rise to conditions that governments hope are conducive to achieving growth. The newly formed government in the UK has taken a path to achieve growth in an uncertain world economy. An economy ravaged by disruptions f...

 Resilience is more than risk management. It is a capability to get to the future by limiting the impact of disruptions. Risk management is necessary to manage particular supply chains as well as the supply chain system. Anticipating risks from disruption is an important skill. Assessing risk and assigning probabilities to manage risk are parts of any risk management system. Beyond the immediate s...

Europe has a short to medium term gas supply problem that it is trying to fix. This has been caused by Russia's reduced output to Europe which has not simply caused problems for European customers but it has pushed up the world market price for everyone. As always in such situations where supply and demand are mismatched there are winners and losers. In this episode Tony Hines explores how th...

All things impacting global supply chains this week. Microchips, Inflation, Gazprom stops European supply and the G7 places a price cap on Russian oil supply. NVidia ordered to stop exports of advanced chips to China Moscow and Brussels raise the stakes Gas back in fashion from shale fracking as new investments take shape Energy is a dangerous business in Russia as six industry leaders have died i...

This episode takes a look at ESG and its relevance for supply chain management. This is part of the series explaining supply chain concepts in under 5 minutes. ESG is a way of assessing risk in relation to environment, social and givernance factors. When it thcomse to protecting or minimising the harm done to the environment through industrial or business processes a company's supply chain is...

All things impacting global supply chains this week. Energy, Inflation, Strikes UK This week Energy Costs Up for Businesses and Consumers Energy costs add to inflationary pressures The Horn of Africa facing drought and food crops Ford cuts payroll in North America and India as it transitions to EV's Global Market for EV batteries growing Profits lower in China industries -growth slows Big Pha...

All things impacting global supply chains this week. UK Inflation hits 10.1% year on year Wayfair Online Furniture Retailer cuts 870 jobs Tessla cust delivery times to 4 weeks Airbus cuts delivery forecasts Boeing also cuts its forecasts for output Labor strikes adding to supply chain disruptions Wage offers frome employers fall well below inflation Felixstowe and Liverpool two major UK Ports have...

In this episode Tony Hines talks about the global energy crisis and how it is impacting supply chains.  Is it more than supply and demand determining prices and energy inflation. When it comes to energy supply most countries want to protect security of supply. Russia's war in Ukraine has disturbed the balance not only in Europe but across the world pushing up prices and contributing to inflat...

All things impacting global supply chains this week. $430 bn approved by the House of Representatives - Inflation Reduction Act Brent Crude down US Inflation Energy Prices Russia's economy in recession Five Chinese companies listed on the NYSE suspended AI to rate company ESG Eastern European inflation on the rise Cuba oil storage facility fire Sri Lanka Port Peloton revise strategy to improv...

What is different about service supply chains? Tony Hines discusses differences and similarities between service and goods supply chains in this episode. Service requires the organization to be customer focused not product focused. It is something that some product organizations have difficulty with. Find out how your organization can become customer focused and provide service. Send us Fan Mail S...

This is a new series of shorts explaining supply chain concepts in under five minutes. In this first episode just as Oscar Wilde said news of his demise was greatly exagerated we can say the same about Just-in-Time (JiT) systems. In this episode Tony Hines explains why he thinks Just in Time is here to stay. Send us Fan Mail Support the show   THANKS FOR LISTENING PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW You can s...