Get Ready For A Future Supply Chain Crisis

How well did government agencies and the private sector respond to recent disruptions to supply chains? How should government and business leaders be proactive when protecting their supply chains from another crisis? Brian Alster is the general manager of the North America Finance & Risk and Enterprise Platform businesses at Dun & Bradstreet. In this “Crisis Ahead” episode, he shares his insights, perspectives, and recommendations about urgent supply-chain-related issues. Quotes Anticipating future events in advance enables faster reaction and finding new suppliers or nearshoring options to mitigate the risks. - Brian “Continuous monitoring helps to identify if the key suppliers could pose a risk due to environmental or macroeconomic factors.” - Brian Featured Guest Brian Alster General Manager, Finance & Risk Solutions - Dun & Bradstreet https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-alster-6908284 https://www.dnb.com Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Threat to supply chains 01:54 Effect of Ukraine-Russia ward on supply chain 02:37 Gov’t and private sector’s response 03:32 Challenges and lessons 06:00 Gov’t and business’ proactive response 08:34 How company size is a factor 13:21 How Dun and Bradstreet prepare its clients 14:57 Explaining ESG programs 16:07 Potential risks to supply chains 18:00 Disruption trends in the supply chains 19:24 Forecasting crisis in the supply chain 20:28 Readiness for another supply chain crisis 22:45 Takeaways from Brian Produced by Heartcast Media http://www.heartcastmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices