2-Hour Virtual Seminar on How TARIFFS Impact Global Supply Chains, Logistics, And Sourcing Strategies
2-Hour Virtual Seminar
Instructor:
Chris DeVany
Chris DeVany
Tuesday
July
08
2025
12:00 PM PDT | 03:00 PM EDT
Duration:
2 Hours
Webinar ID: 75211
Live: One Dial-in One Attendee
Corporate Live: Any number of participants
Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Overview:
How about gaining insight into exploring strategies for supply chain reconfiguration and regionalization?
What about developing adaptive strategies for future-proofing supply chains against trade volatility?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany takes us through answering these and helping you improve performance!
Who Will Benefit:
Tariffs don't just impact trade at the border they ripple across global supply chains, reshaping sourcing decisions, logistics flows, and operational strategies.
In this seminar, we dive deep into how tariffs influence the end-to-end supply chain, from raw material procurement to delivery of final goods. You'll gain insights into how leading companies are navigating increased costs, changing trade routes, and adapting sourcing strategies to maintain resilience and profitability. Whether you're a supply chain leader, logistics professional, or procurement specialist, this session will equip you with the tools to respond proactively to tariff-driven challenges and turn them into competitive advantages.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Introduction to Tariff Impacts on Supply Chains
- Understanding direct and ripple effects
- Real-world examples of supply chain shifts due to tariffs
- Sourcing Strategy Under Tariff Pressure
- Supplier diversification and nearshoring
- Total landed cost analysis
- Country of origin rules and compliance
- Logistics and Transportation Disruptions
- Rising freight costs and rerouting
- Port congestion and customs delays
- Case study: U.S. China trade war impact on ocean freight
- Tariffs and Inventory Management
- Stockpiling and forward buying strategies
- Effects on warehouse costs and working capital
- Reconfiguring the Global Supply Chain
- Regionalization vs. globalization trends
- Building resilience through agility and flexibility
- Use of Free Trade Zones and Trade Agreements
- Duty deferral and avoidance opportunities
- Leveraging USMCA, CPTPP, RCEP, and other agreements
- Digital Tools for Managing Tariff Complexity
- Trade management software
- Predictive analytics for tariff exposure
- Case Studies in Supply Chain Adaptation
- How companies are successfully adjusting to tariffs
- Lessons learned and best practices
- Future-Proofing Your Supply Chain
- Strategies for long-term resilience
- Staying agile in a volatile global trade landscape
- Q&A and Interactive Discussion
- Participant-driven scenarios and solution sharing
How about gaining insight into exploring strategies for supply chain reconfiguration and regionalization?
What about developing adaptive strategies for future-proofing supply chains against trade volatility?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany takes us through answering these and helping you improve performance!
Who Will Benefit:
- All
Speaker Profile
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.