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.  Timestamps 00:00 Podcast Intro 00:41 Reshoring Speed Crunch 01:52 What Breaks First 04:05 Banks Versus Step Change 05:58 Relay Race Capital Flow 08:52 Origins In Global Supply 12:07 Building Klear Platform 13:33 Critical Minerals Finance 17:14 Geopolitics And Small Suppliers 22:58 Right Sized Capital 27:58 Back Office Fix 31:38 Series A Update 32:53 30 Day Action Advice 34:24 Where To Find Klear 35:00 Podcast Outro Links Klear Website Klear on LinkedIn Chris on LinkedIn Forbes Article Revitalizing US Manufacturing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign Up on the Veryable Platform