Chain Reaction Podcast

Welcome to the Chain Reaction podcast, brought to you by the Department of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business. With a rotating cast of faculty, alumni experts, and guest contributors, it will help listeners understand the people and processes that produce and distribute products around the world.



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Russia/Ukraine Conflict Impact on Global Supply Chains

Listen to our first episode as experts explore supply chain effects on global commerce, humanitarian issues, critical raw materials, and the future amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

Last-Mile Transportation

This episode of the Chain Reaction podcast, brought to you by the Department of Supply Chain Management, centers around a recent journal article published by some W. P. Carey faculty members called, “An Analysis of Operating Efficiency and Policy Implications in Last-Mile Transportation Following Amazon's Integration."

Faculty featured in this podcast include members of the Department of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University such as Elliot Rabinovich, Harish Guda, and former W.P. Carey PhD student and current Assistant Professor at Penn State, Lina Wang.

Weather and supply chains

Since 1980, there have been 310 climate disasters that have total costs of exceeding $2.1 trillion. How do the costs of weather and climate events impact supply chains? How do companies deal with these risks and disruptions?

This episode of the Chain Reaction podcast, brought to you by the Department of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business, is moderated by professor Kevin Dooley. Listen to a panel of experts consisting of Cliff Nelson from the Florida Department of Management Services, Christy Slay from the Sustainability Consortium, and Austin Evans from Dell, talk about how they manage supply chain risks within their own companies when dealing with weather.