Improving supply chain resilience and reducing vulnerability to disruptions is an application of tough tech.
The episode addresses the need to strengthen supply chains for critical components like semiconductors and fiber optic cables by encouraging domestic production.
The shortage underscores the need for more resilient and diversified supply chains to ensure the availability of critical components and mitigate the impact of similar disruptions in the future.
The topic of supply chain resilience is a prevalent theme across the provided podcast episodes.
Several episodes, such as 58. Katie Rae, The Engine - Tough Tech To Make a Positive Impact on the World and 53. Mike Droesch, Bessemer - Roadmap to Supply Chain Software, discuss how improving supply chain resilience is a key application of 'tough tech' and an area of growing interest for venture capital investors.
Other episodes, like Can Just-In-Time handle a new era of war? and DOE's Granholm drives campaign to make EV batteries a U.S. industry, explore the challenges to supply chain resilience posed by just-in-time manufacturing and the need to reduce reliance on concentrated foreign sources for critical components such as semiconductors and electric vehicle batteries.
The episodes also highlight the Biden administration's efforts to bolster domestic manufacturing and supply chain resilience, as evident in Is the U.S. ready to be a chipmaking superpower?, The Economics of Green Industrial Policy, and The Biden Administration's Green Industrial Policy.