All things impacting global supply chains this week.
Inflation
Energy Costs
Fuel Prices
The UK Prime Minister eventually resigns
The former Japanese Prime Minister is shot and killed
Russia's war continues in Ukraine
Elon Musk pulls out of Twitter Deal
CEO of Ryan Air blames chaos at UK Airports and the tight labor market on Brexit
Beans means trouble for Tesco as Heinz push up prices
Sainsbury works hard to keep prices low for consumers
Maersk resigns from ICS to maintain its sustainability credenetials
Green steel

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About Tony Hines and the Chain Reaction Podcast – All About Supply Chain Advantage
I have been researching and writing about supply chains for over 25 years. I wrote my first book on supply chain strategies in the early 2000s. The latest edition is published in 2024 available from Routledge, Amazon and all good book stores. Each week we have special episodes on particular topics relating to supply chains. We have a weekly news round up every Saturday at 12 noon. ...

In this episode Tony Hines discusses the benefits of Cycle Time Ciompression in the Supply Chain. Identifying the cycles in your supply chain and the time it takes to complete each cycle has potential to bring benefits to the business, the network and to customers. Having data about each of the cycles moving from upstream to downstream enables firms to lower costs, improve throughput times and lower risk. Managing volumes, volatility and velocity to achieve value. It improves cash flows, profitability and return on investment and enables better asset utilization.

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A summary of all things impacting global supply chains this week. 
In this weeks episode Tony Hines discusses:-

• Soaring energy prices impacting gloabl supply chains
• Inflation in Europe
• Britain's trade outlook
• What can airports learn from supply chains?
• Steel tariffs, protectionism and international law what will the WTO make of it?
• Russian President signs a decree to find new investors after Shell, Mitsui and Mitsibushi leave
• Gazprom decides not to pay a dividend to investors - first time since 1998
• Chocolate Production in Belgium disrupted by Salmonella
• Caviar shortages due to Brexit and prices up too
• Penalty fees for overweight sea cargo
• New German Law requires supply chain compliance to demonstrate ethics

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In this epsiode Tony Hines discusses procurement and supply relations. These are two areas in which significant value can be created in supply chains. As Edward Deming noted for continuous improvement you must constantly improve supply relationships. It is through those relations that reputations can be developed, responsiveness improved and reliability is built in. You could also construct resilient supply chains through developing effective supplier relationships.  You can read more about this topic in my Supply Chain Strategies book where I have a chapter on this topic. For those new to the field there is also a useful glossary of terms in the book. 

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All things impacting global supply chains in the news this week.

• Inflation
• Energy Prices
• Strikes Looming
• Opportunities to rethink energy supply
• Fuel prices continue to rise
• Disruptions to food supplies
• Where does all the grain go?
• Russia is China's largest oil supplier
• Inflation's correlates
• Google looking to become more prominent in supply chain cloud solutions
• Accreditations (CILT and CIPS) for Southampton University MSc in Supply Chain
• New Ocean Shipping Law in the US
• Higher shipping costs - Tanker Rates
• FDA crack down on product safety and traceability (FTL)
• Cold Chain  Failings in Pharma - Visibilty is key
• Companies with greater visibility manage disruptions better
• Russia moves Ukrainian grain from Crimea to Turkey by ship

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When storm clouds gather we need a plan to confront the storm. In this episode Tony Hines investigates the root causes disrupting supply systems. 

Identifying underlying causes are the key to resolving obstacles. The major root causes are energy and fuel costs. Both of these costs drive the input costs upwards, increasing production and distribution costs. Instability is directly attributable to Russia's war in Ukraine. Uncertainties introduced into global markets add to the extant problems of Covid 19 and the disruptions caused to global supply chains prior to the invasion in February 2022. Countries in the EU have seen Russian Gas and Oil supplies fall as a consequence. The reliance on Russian energy sources has been exposed. The uncertain times we live in with rising inflation are reminder of the 1970's when the Oil Crisis drove up prices fast and caused uncertainties. So how can Western Economies address the instabilities?

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All things impacting global supply chains this week.

• Interest Rates rise in the US and the UK
• Inflation set reach higher levels later in the year
• Oil prices continue to rise
• Energy costs are the main thrust of inflationary pressures
• Shanghai in lock down again
• China has to move  goods by rail to ship because of Russia's invasion in Ukraine
• The Northern Ireland Protocol and Brexit woes continue in the UK
• Rail strikes looming in the UK
• Food Inflation 
• UK ships oil and gas to the US and to Europe
• Obstacles at every turn create opportunities for some.

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The question addressed here is how healthy is the Western Economies' dependency on China as the 'workshop of the world'?

Waking up to reality- the world's dependency on China continues despite disruptions due to Covid19. China dominates manufacturing in electronic goods and in processing metals that are needed to produce batteries for Electric Vehicles (EV's) such as Cobalt and Lithium. China is regarded as a middle and upper income country according to the World Bank. China is responsible for over 30 per cent of all goods manufactured. China has 133 companies in the  world top 500.  China has a population of 1.4 billion and has trasitioned rapidly from an agrarian society to industrial economy. It is now the number one economy overtaking the United States in terms of global market share. China has talented scientists that continue to improve and innovate technologies to support  industry and the energy ecosystem.

China has committed to reach Net Zero Targets by 2060. China plans to increase its use of fossil fuel consumption up to 2030 and rapidly reduce that with clean energy up to 2060. China's entry to world markets in recent times began in 1978 as it opened up its closed economy. It contued to transition with entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. During the past twenty years it has set about building its resource base particularly in metals from the Central Africa Copper Belt - Cobalt in particular is such an important resource eminating fro the DRC. 

China has been engaged in a trade war with the US during the past couple of years. This becasue it has access to US markets but continues to deny access to US companies.  It also has ambitions to dominate the South East Asian region and continues to claim territories particularly Taiwan. 

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All things affecting global supply chains this week from around the world.

• Energy costs are the number one priority to get supply chains back on track. Followed closely by a swift end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Fertilizer costs hit farms all over the globe.
• CF producers fertlizer in the UK and this week announced closure of one of its two plants despite increased demand and shortages of supply.
• Target has too much inventory.
• Tessla steps back from its China recruitment drive.
• Fuel prices continue to rise in the US, UK and throughout the EU.
• Tax in the form of fuel duty makes it more problematic un the UK.
• China has strongly developed networks in South East Asia and this helps keeps prices low and a reason why it has become the supplier of choice.
• South Korea has HGV driver strikes disruptibg supply chains.
• The OECD said the UK economy would grow 3.6% this year but may move to zero next year with higher interest rates, postBrexit trade issues and the War in Ukraine with Russia.
• Rail strikes in the UK could impact food supply chains.
• Russian oil continues to flow into Europe despite the ban which only applies to seaborne crude and petrolium.
• India has increased its intake of Russian oil as has China. Russia probably has increased its take from these transactions. It is also pushing up prices on world markets.

Listen to the midweek edition about Western Economy Dependency on China.

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The Apple iPhone is one of the world's most successful products. A great deal of that success beyond design has been how Apple has been able to configure its' supply network to leverage global expertise and assemble products at low cost to sell at higher prices. Profits generated have enabled Apple to reinvest capital and innovate new technologies to develop more products. As the number one smartphone company it draws more than 40% of the total smartphone industry revenue and more than 50% of the profits. The question is how long can that continue?

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