X : How bad are the supply chain risks in the UK?
Me : This is a global problem which many of us have banged on about for years and years. Most Gov's and Organisations don't understand supply chains beyond one up, one down ...
Me : This is a global problem which many of us have banged on about for years and years. Most Gov's and Organisations don't understand supply chains beyond one up, one down ...
https://twitter.com/VS_/status/689237975008280576
... it's not just a covid thing or a brext thing ... this has been a long term problem for any form of industrial strategy or attempts to mitigate climate impacts. The work hasn't been done and in the few place where we have thousands of supply chains graphed, few are mapped ...
... and it's not enough to know what connect to what (the graph), you need to understand the context i.e. how evolved the components are (the map). Basically, the executive have been asleep at the wheel of the golf buggy. It's a shocking state ...
... quite some time ago (many many years), the question was asked of the Dept of Biz what the 100 most important supply chains were in the UK. No answer then, I doubt they know now. It's with this sort of situational awareness (i.e. none) that the brexit deal was negotiated.
There have been some stirling efforts in some UK departments though ... FSA has been really good at trying to get a handle on parts of the food supply chains.
X : Was brexit wrong?
Me : Oh, you misunderstand me. There was little to no understanding of supply chains long before brexit. If brexit (plus covid) forces us to get a handle on our supply chains before climate change really hits then that will be an enormous benefit ...
Me : Oh, you misunderstand me. There was little to no understanding of supply chains long before brexit. If brexit (plus covid) forces us to get a handle on our supply chains before climate change really hits then that will be an enormous benefit ...
Me : ... I make no bones about the fact that we have been blindly running towards a climate catastrophe with no understanding of any of our supply chains. You think the problems today are bad, we were totally unprepared for the future. This might wake us up a bit.
X : GDS?
Me : Spend control, part of GDS, was about challenging but also building awareness of our software supply chain. This is not a "Gov" or "Tech" problem though. If you dig into corporates you'll find huge levels of waste with little to no understanding of supply chains.
Me : Spend control, part of GDS, was about challenging but also building awareness of our software supply chain. This is not a "Gov" or "Tech" problem though. If you dig into corporates you'll find huge levels of waste with little to no understanding of supply chains.
X : So how bad is the problem?
Me : No-one knows. There's almost no visibility. Even basic things like energy supply are often on a knife's edge because it is simply left to "the market" in the West. China is in a much better position but then they care about this stuff.
Me : No-one knows. There's almost no visibility. Even basic things like energy supply are often on a knife's edge because it is simply left to "the market" in the West. China is in a much better position but then they care about this stuff.
X : Why does no-one care?
Me : I'll go back to the original tweet -
Me : I'll go back to the original tweet -
https://twitter.com/VS_/status/689237975008280576- "It's just not sexy". Every exec / "leader" wants to talk innovation or disruption or ... anything other than supply chain risks. It has been like this for years and years.
X : It probably won't change because everyone wants to get "back to normal".
Me : If we don't use this "opportunity" to focus on supply chains that brexit and covid has given us then we are absolutely up shit creek without a paddle when it comes to climate change.
Me : If we don't use this "opportunity" to focus on supply chains that brexit and covid has given us then we are absolutely up shit creek without a paddle when it comes to climate change.
X : Why do you think China is better?
Me : Long list but you don't go building strategic reserves of water eroded sand (sic "islands") with military bases on top without thinking about these issues -
Me : Long list but you don't go building strategic reserves of water eroded sand (sic "islands") with military bases on top without thinking about these issues -
https://twitter.com/swardley/status/756140477754314752
X : I can't see that article.
Me : It's from 2016, it's talking about a problem that has been known for over a decade and there has been little action on. A more upto date version - cnbc.com/2021/03/05/san… ... just go search "water eroded sand".
Me : It's from 2016, it's talking about a problem that has been known for over a decade and there has been little action on. A more upto date version - cnbc.com/2021/03/05/san… ... just go search "water eroded sand".
X : Gas?
Me : My old mentor back in the early 1990s was Prof Cleyland McVeigh - Energy around the World - amazon.co.uk/Energy-Around-… ... don't get me started on energy supply chains.
Me : My old mentor back in the early 1990s was Prof Cleyland McVeigh - Energy around the World - amazon.co.uk/Energy-Around-… ... don't get me started on energy supply chains.
X : Did you work in the environmental field?
Me : In the 1990s .. from chemical analysis to risk assement to policy ... my 2nd masters is in the field.
X : You left?
Me : Economic inaction from the market plus threats from environmentalists over my support of nuclear.
Me : In the 1990s .. from chemical analysis to risk assement to policy ... my 2nd masters is in the field.
X : You left?
Me : Economic inaction from the market plus threats from environmentalists over my support of nuclear.
Me : I just got to the point that for my own sanity that I needed to leave the field. That's why I so admire groups like XR ... finally, people really trying to change things and what do they get ... abuse, labelled, patronised etc.
X : How bad is the sand problem.
Me : Water eroded? Not good. Unfortunately since we don't understand our supply chains then it's difficult to say how bad it will become. It's even used in toothpaste.
Me : Water eroded? Not good. Unfortunately since we don't understand our supply chains then it's difficult to say how bad it will become. It's even used in toothpaste.
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