Protect your margins and secure your competitiveness – even with dynamic tariffs and trade barriers.
Global supply chains today face the challenge of tariffs and trade barriers being introduced, changed, or lifted at a previously unknown speed. The impact of such measures often exceeds all other logistics costs and can quickly challenge the entire supply chain structure. Companies must react quickly and flexibly to minimize costs and ensure their ability to deliver.
Our Solution: Fast, Data-Driven Supply Chain Optimization
We support you in aligning your supply chain specifically with new and changing tariffs. Our approach is based on a holistic analysis of all relevant cost factors – from tariffs to production and transportation to inventory and delivery times. We also take into account the actual technical capabilities and available capacity reserves of your factories to determine a realistic and quickly implementable solution.
Our Procedure:
- Create Transparency: Build a comprehensive data model that maps one year of demand and all material flows.
- Model alternatives: Integrate current and potential sourcing options for greater flexibility and resilience.
- Cost completeness: Consider all costs – from tariffs to safety stocks and production capacities.
- Goal orientation: Align with your strategic business goals and real-world constraints.
- Optimization: Use mathematical optimization methods to quickly find the most cost-effective solution.
- Recommended actions: Clear, implementable measures for adapting production, sourcing, and transportation.
- Rapid updates: Adapt the model to new tariffs or sourcing alternatives within 5 business days.
Practical example
A Swiss telecommunications equipment manufacturer faced the challenge of realigning production due to US punitive tariffs on Chinese imports. Our analysis showed that the expected relocation to Mexico was not optimal; rather, relocating to Switzerland yielded the greatest benefits – lower tariffs, optimized production costs, and improved delivery times.
Your Benefits
- Minimal effort for you: We handle the analysis, and you benefit from rapid results.
- Short project duration: Typically 6 weeks from data receipt to completion.
- Fast ROI: The project typically pays for itself within 2 months through realized savings.
- Flexibility: Results can be updated at short notice if new tariffs or sourcing options arise.
- Customized adaptation: Our method is tailored to your specific requirements.
Play your trump card – turn tariffs into a competitive advantage!
Contact us for a non-binding initial consultation and a scoping workshop and learn how to prepare your supply chain for the new challenges.