Resilience in an Era of Trade Uncertainty
Production Planning Issue #1 - An exclusive quarterly issue on critical technologies and their real-world impact. In this issue, we cover tariff mitigations from five key industrial sectors.
Escalating trade tensions and unpredictable tariff policies create opportunities for forward-thinking manufacturers to reimagine their operations through strategic technology deployments. While disruptive, the most successful companies have recognized that tariffs create compelling incentives to accelerate digital transformation initiatives that might otherwise languish on roadmaps.
This report goes beyond the chatter and into leading companies' earnings reports and guidance across five critical industrial sectors: aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, machinery, and semiconductors. We summarize three emerging themes for each sector on how companies navigate trade uncertainty through the strategic application of product configuration, AI investments, and digital platforms…