Navigating the Wild World of Global Supply Chains & Tariffs with Expert Joe Carson | Ep. 129

In this podcast our guest is procurement and supply chain expert and global thought leader, Joe Carson. Joe provides candid insights, and a comprehensive overview of critical challenges, from geopolitical shifts, navigating tariffs, fostering supply chain resilience, and embracing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. 

Previous Interviews with Joe:

Q&A

1:04

Q1

Talk to me about your experience and background in supply chain and procurement.

2:36

Q2

I want to focus today on the globalization of supply chain and why that trend seems
to be reversing today. Talk to me about that.

6:50

Q3

Give us a peek into what competition is really like when you're running a multi-
national company and you have production everywhere, what are the challenges?

14:44

Q4

They might be a customer of yours. They might be your partner. I mean, I could just
imagine that there's a lot of that going on. So who do you trust at that point?

16:50

Q5

There are trading blocks that are your best friends, some competing and different
relationships as you do this. Is that really the case, or is this all capitalism?

19:20:

Q6

What if country “A” has a tariff on it, they might just reroute their products through
another country to avoid the tariffs?

20:15

Q7

So you're chief procurement officer. You're responsible for all this stuff, and you get a
call from the C-suite. Walk us through what a typical meeting would be like.

22:52

Q8

How are they going to twist your arm? What are they going to ask and demand
from your team?

24:25

Q9

So whenever competition beats you out, the C-levels are going to go... “It's my supply
chain! Why didn't you give me better prices?”

24:59

Q10

Why would a country use tariffs or weaponize tariffs for a trade war or any of that?
What are the motivations behind those kinds of moves?

30:32

Q11

How do you prepare as a chief procurement officer and with the supply chain
that you're trying to manage, how do you prepare for that?

33:33

Q12

This culture of risk management and risk awareness, what would be the elements
that would make that actually work and successful?

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