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This episode was recorded in early April 2020, when the pandemic was about to pass one million recorded infections and was still spreading rapidly. Whole sectors such as tourism, restaurants and sport were badly hit, while demand for items like webcams rose as work and study moved online.
The discussion highlights how visible supply chains became during the crisis, with carmakers switching to ventilators, aircraft makers producing protective visors by 3D printing, and drinks companies making hand sanitiser. It then covers an offer from a large software vendor to provide selected cloud-based supply chain tools to its existing customers at no charge, and explains what that offer includes and why it was introduced.