Dustin's Supply Chain Podcast

I recently spoke with Steve Downer, about blockchain and quantum computing, the opportunities and threats. * Steve thinks that the logistics and supply chain arena has been late to the party in terms of technological innovation, largely due to the complexity and also due to the rather conservative nature of that enterprise. But the innovation of blockchain now allows for end-to-end transparency. * China's Belt and Road initiative; what China is trying to do right now is connect up all of the hubs which surround China to have a seamless flow of supply chain. * Brexit implications involve new trade agreements and so on and so forth. It's incredibly complicated to try and keep that calibrated and synchronized.  In order to do that, you need a certain level of transparency and trust. And that's what the blockchain provides.  * Once blockchain meets quantum computing, we will have no less than a fourth Industrial Revolution. One of the threats is that, potentially, you could have rouge elements who