When planners take the wheel, even tariff shocks become just another scenario.
Every day, I am flooded with tariff emails — articles, webinars, tariff this, tariff that.
Honestly? Modeling them isn’t that complicated.
We just proved it — live.
A real challenge: capacity at the limit and strategic decisions
A real challenge: capacity at the limit and strategic decisions
About five weeks ago, we were in discussions with a multinational consumer goods company. Their U.S. business is growing fast, the U.S. plant is nearly maxed out, and they needed to explore how Colombian and Mexican plants could complement U.S. capacity in a cost-effective way.
We agreed to build a few scenarios as a proof of concept, working closely with two of their planners — sharp, insightful professionals who quickly got comfortable with the tool.
Presentation: April 3 — Go-Live Day +1
- Slides were sharp.
- Demo was smooth.
- And then came 𝙩𝙝𝙚 question:
“𝘿𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨?”
Time to walk the talk.
Live.
Real-time adjustments: no drama, no delays
Their planners — already familiar with the tool from our prep work — took the lead. They built a new scenario, adjusted the costs from Colombia and Mexico to reflect the tariffs, ran the model, and compared the results.
No delays. No fuss.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘀 — 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹.
If the modeling tool is well-designed and user-friendly, tariffs and other similar shocks – global or regional – shouldn’t be difficult to incorporate and analyze.
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