Scenarios about 'supply chains'
The interconnected networks of businesses, resources, and processes involved in producing and distributing goods from raw materials to end consumers. Supply chains have historically evolved from local production systems to complex global networks, transforming economic relationships between regions and nations. Understanding these logistics systems is crucial for alternate history scenarios exploring how different technological developments, resource distributions, or political arrangements might have altered industrial capabilities and economic power balances.
What If Globalization Never Accelerated?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the rapid acceleration of global economic integration that began in the 1990s was significantly curtailed, reshaping modern geopolitics, technology, and culture.
What If Guangzhou Developed Different Manufacturing Approaches?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Guangzhou pioneered sustainable and worker-centered manufacturing instead of following the low-cost mass production model, potentially reshaping global supply chains and China's economic development.
What If Offshoring Never Became Common?
Exploring the alternate timeline where manufacturing and service jobs remained predominantly local, fundamentally altering global economic development, labor markets, and international trade relations.
What If The Tianjin Explosions Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the devastating 2015 Tianjin port explosions were prevented, potentially altering China's approach to industrial safety, global supply chains, and hazardous materials regulation worldwide.
What If Walmart Never Became The World's Largest Retailer?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Walmart's retail dominance was curtailed, reshaping the global retail landscape, labor practices, and consumer economy.
What If Walmart Never Expanded Beyond Arkansas?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Sam Walton's retail experiment remained a small regional chain, dramatically altering American retail, labor practices, and global supply chains.