Join Us For Our Next PERT Virtual Workshop- February 12, 2019

Are you flummoxed and frustrated with the constantly changing geo-political landscape, trade and tariff changes and foreign policy and the impact they all have on your category strategies? Don’t worry – you’ll be in good company with many of your peers. Join a number of your colleagues who are also trying to decipher all this and we can all learn from each other.

Not only will we be discussing the impact on Category Management and Supply Chain strategies(whether you buy goods OR services), we will also be identifying the opportunities for Sourcing/Supply Chain professionals to take on a leadership role on this topic in their companies – thus moving from a tactical to a strategic advisor role:  Flexibility and agility will become critical in your strategies and contracting.  Currency fluctuations will be the norm.    Existing trade agreements may give way to new ones which will significantly shift cost arbitrage – your current supply base may not be competitive tomorrow.    New regulations and tariffs will have an impact on lead times.    On-shoring and near-shoring will become competitive again and your ability to exploit those opportunities will create competitive advantage.   Strategic Workforce Planning will need to incorporate new immigration and visa requirements – critical resources (Engineering, IT etc.) will require new fulfillment strategies that may not depend on traditional outsourcing arrangements.