Trump’s Tariffs: How to minimise value loss across global supply chains
Trump’s second administration has unleashed alarming trading tariffs and stringent new policies, forcing supply chain leaders into crisis mode. With rising costs, sourcing challenges and geopolitical instabilities, leaders must quickly devise new tariff risk mitigation strategies and ensure the resilience and cost-efficiency of their networks
Leading organisations use supply chain modelling to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and minimise fragility across their networks. However, relying solely on supply chain modelling can often constrain impactful transformation. To unlock value and build resilient, sustainable and cost-optimised networks, leaders must supercharge their modelling capabilities with scenario exploration, simulation and unconstrained search.
Supply chains lose value on a daily basis because of inefficient network designs. To prevent value leakage and futureproof operations, we must seek to optimise our networks. By leveraging innovative network design technology which enables unconstrained search, supply chain leaders can uncover optimal structures for greater resilience, sustainability and cost-efficiency
We recently shared our innovative network design technology with supply chain and logistics leaders at SCL Hub 2025. At the event, we demonstrated how network science can uncover optimised structures for resilient, sustainable and cost-efficient supply chains.
Climate change and geopolitical instabilities continue to have a devastating impact on our planet. To reduce emissions and reach Net Zero, transforming our supply chains is the most impactful place to start. By leveraging network science, supply chain leaders can identify the optimal network structure for resilient, sustainable and cost-optimised supply chains.
Network science enables supply chain leaders to explore the impacts of proposed transformation in virtual replicas of their networks. This uncovers hidden optimisation opportunities and reveals optimal network structures for increased sustainability, resilience and efficiency.
We were recently invited to present our strategic network design technology at TFest24 in Berlin. The opportunity to identify optimal network structures and explore the impacts of proposed transformation resonated with supply chain leaders from across the globe.
With uncertainty around every corner, our world needs supply chains that are resilient, sustainable and efficient. However, most supply chains are reactive, meaning that they lose value to uncertainty. Using simulation and scenario exploration to make data-driven decisions, leaders can be more proactive, future-proof their networks and gain competitive advantage.
We recently attended the launch reception for London International Shipping Week 2025. Joined by leaders in the maritime space, we heard from the Secretary of State and other officials about the challenges and opportunities in combating change and managing uncertainty for a resilient and sustainable future in shipping.
Optimised networks and circular economies are crucial for ensuring a more efficient and sustainable future for logistics. We recently attended London Packaging Week, where we shared how digitalisation and innovation will be pivotal to the industry achieving its sustainability targets.
Our Managing Director, Harry McCarney, recently appeared on Transform Talks, the go-to supply chain transformation podcast. In discussion with Maria Villablanca, Harry shared insights on the common misconceptions for supply chain leaders trying to build resilient supply chain networks.