Network Design for Resilience and Cost: Rebuilding the Manufacturing Footprint Under Pressure

How modern network design tools weigh resilience against cost when trade policy and demand keep shifting. Drawing on a large-scale consumer-products network rebuild, this session walks through reconfiguring production and distribution footprints to absorb disruption and limit tariff and trade exposure, using strategic redundancy, regional capacity, and dual-sourcing, without eroding the cost base. Case data: a global manufacturer reconfigured its network to cut disruption recovery time by 40% and reduce landed cost by 12%, while building in capacity to flex against supply shocks.