Future-proof your supply chain: Navigating new tariff challenges

New tariff declarations are a wake-up call for supply chain leaders: here’s how to future-proof your operations

The recent surge in tariff declarations, including the newly announced increases targeting electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors, has reintroduced a familiar challenge: volatility. As supply chain leaders, we are once again reminded of our role not just as operational stewards, but as strategic guardians of resilience and cost control.

According to Gartner’s Tariff Mitigation Survey (2024), 55% of supply chain organizations reported margin erosion due to tariff impacts. Meanwhile, 63% admitted they were underprepared for geopolitical disruptions. In today’s world, the price of being reactive is simply too high.

As we brace for more regulatory headwinds and shifting trade landscapes, one thing is clear: agility is no longer optional. And agility is powered by knowledge.

The root problem: operational silos and knowledge gaps

In theory, many of the mitigation strategies we need—alternate sourcing, scenario planning, supplier diversification—already exist within our organizations. The issue is not the lack of ideas. It’s the inability to find, share and scale what works.

Most global supply chain teams today still face:

• Disparate information: Best practices live in spreadsheets, inboxes, or individual minds—making them nearly impossible to scale.
  
  
• Inefficient processes: Teams reinvent the wheel for problems already solved elsewhere in the organization.
  
  
•  Limited visibility: Successes are rarely tracked, measured, or replicated across regions and business units.
  
  

This fragmentation not only drains productivity—it stalls innovation. In the face of increasing complexity, we need a new system for how we learn from ourselves.

Strategic knowledge sharing with Wegrow

Wegrow is an AI-powered platform designed to help global organizations unlock the full value of their internal expertise by capturing and scaling best practices across teams, geographies and business lines.

Here’s how it transforms supply chain operations:

• Centralized knowledge base: Make best practices accessible to every team, from procurement to logistics to planning.

• Streamlined workflows: Reduce manual duplication by documenting playbooks that work—once.
  

• Enhanced visibility: Monitor adoption and impact in real time, helping you double down on what delivers results.
  

“The quality of content that has been posted has been incredibly high and gives us access to knowledge and learnings from across the globe.”

Emma Hopkins

Innovation Commercialisation Manager, Diageo

See how Wegrow works in practice: Watch the platform in action

The ROI: measurable efficiency and cost gains

Wegrow is already delivering tangible results for leading organizations:

• 216,000+ hours saved via improved knowledge sharing and process standardization
  
• €7.8M in cost savings by eliminating redundant efforts and scaling proven practices
  
  
• 90% adoption rate, proving ease of use and strategic relevance across global teams
  
  
  

“The idea of using Wegrow is actually to save time by looking after other cases, so you just take the learning from there.”

Selen Degirmenci

Global Lead, Unilever

Building the future supply chain: collaborative, agile, sustainable

The future of supply chain leadership is not just about reacting faster—it’s about learning faster. Wegrow empowers organizations to:

• Break down silos: Encourage peer-to-peer knowledge exchange across regions and departments
  
  
• Drive innovation: Turn local wins into global standards
  
  
• Advance sustainability: Share and replicate initiatives aligned with ESG goals

In an era defined by unpredictability, Wegrow becomes your system of intelligence—helping your supply chain become more resilient, efficient and strategically aligned.

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