It’s not just an issue related to the current sort of supply chain challenges that we see in Ireland, and in the UK, and elsewhere.
And on a more positive note, and I think this has been something we’ve seen over a number of years, it’s not just a COVID related issue.
First of all, everyone has become an expert suddenly in supply chain management and logistics, and, of course, you are being modest, because you are actually an expert in this subject, but many people in the political realm and in the media have become experts overnight in this, and that’s interesting. Well, look, it’s that there are two sides to this I think, Patrick. So what are supply chains? How do they relate to this other word, logistics, and why are both so crucial to our modern economy today?
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So as I was saying there, kind of outside of certain professional spheres, most people had no real idea what the supply chain was, and now we have politicians, and we have journalists, and even radio presenters all talking about supply chains. So to kick off, Ed, today, maybe help us on understand something fundamental. It’s been an experience to say the least. It’s we’ve been through a hell of a lot since we last spoke on this program, haven’t we? So welcome, Ed, and thank you very much for being here with us again today. So this is the second time that Ed has joined us on the show, and I’ve asked him back precisely because of the new high profile international supply chains, and to try to let him help us to understand what exactly is going on, and what the future might hold. So on the show, we’ve been talking a lot about the importance of international supply chains since long before the COVID pandemic, and now it seems that supply chains and so-called supply chain crisis are a huge interest to everyone, including politicians, the mass media, and the average person in the street concerned about supply shortages and rising prices. Ed is one of our own man of the County of Wexford. Edward Sweeney, a professor of supply chain management based in the Centre for Logistics and Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. In today’s program, we will be talking to Dr. Interlinks is a program about supply chains, connections, international business, and globalization, and the effects these developments have had on our life, our work, and our travel over recent times. Hello, this is Patrick Daly and welcome to Interlinks. All are concerned about shortages, rising prices and what the future might hold.Įdward joins us on the show in this episode for the second time and I have asked him back precisely because of this new and heightened profile of international supply chains so that he can help us to understand what exactly is going on and what might be coming next. Right now however, and because of the supply chain crisis, the supply chain suddenly appears to be of huge interest to everyone including politicians, the mass media and the average person in the street. On this show, we have been talking with guests from around the world about the importance of international supply chains since long before the COVID pandemic. In this episode we talk Dr Edward Sweeney, Professor of Supply Chain Management, at the Centre for Logistics and Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edward Sweeney, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Centre for Logistics and Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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