High‑Velocity Supply Chains: Chris Hale on Reshoring, Working Capital and Critical Minerals

In this episode of U.S. Manufacturing Today (powered by Veryable), host Matt Horine interviews Chris Hale, founder and CEO of Klear, about how reshoring and rapid scaling compress timelines and expose a mismatch between fast-moving factory operations and slow, backward-looking traditional banking. Hale explains that step-change growth driven by aerospace, defense, energy, and other demand can break order-to-cash cycles, stressing suppliers, buyers, and internal coordination, and argues this is an operational risk shared by plant managers and finance. Timestamps00:00 Podcast Intro00:41 Reshoring Speed Crunch01:52 What Breaks First04:05 Banks Versus Step Change05:58 Relay Race Capital Flow08:52 Origins In Global Supply12:07 Building Klear Platform13:33 Critical Minerals Finance17:14 Geopolitics And Small Suppliers22:58 Right Sized Capital27:58 Back Office Fix31:38 Series A Update32:53 30 Day Action Advice34:24 Where To Find Klear35:00 Podcast OutroLinksKlear WebsiteKlear on LinkedInChris on LinkedInForbes ArticleRevitalizing US Manufacturing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign Up on the Veryable Platform