Geopolitical Trade Tariff & Supply Chain Embargo Mitigation
An international defense and aerospace subsystem manufacturer sourcing precision machined forgings and optical components across multiple global jurisdictions.
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The challenge
The unexpected imposition of a 25% import tariff on overseas optical sub assemblies threatened product line profitability.
Trade compliance regulations required restructuring supply chains to meet domestic content rules within 90 days.
Leadership had no easy way to evaluate the cost, capacity, and lead time impacts of qualifying secondary domestic suppliers.
How Sankalp solves it
Tariff & Trade Compliance Matrix Modeling
Sankalp models customs tariff schedules, country of origin rules, and local content thresholds across multi tier supply chains.
Supplier Capacity & Cost Trade Off Simulation
Compares international tariff inclusive landed costs against pre qualified domestic supplier capacity and tooling lead times.
Dynamic Dual Sourcing Allocation
Calculates the optimal split allocation between domestic and international suppliers to satisfy compliance while minimizing total cost.
Master Schedule Lead Time Adjustment
Adjusts production start dates and safety stock parameters to account for domestic supplier qualification lead times.
Executive Geopolitical Strategy Briefing
Generates board ready financial summaries demonstrating compliance posture, landed cost impacts, and supply chain resilience.
The outcome
- domestic supplier transition completed
- 0 daysdomestic supplier transition completed
- reduced total landed supply chain tariff exposure
- $0Mreduced total landed supply chain tariff exposure
Absorbed trade tariff shock with zero disruption to active military and aerospace customer contracts.
Domestic supplier transition completed in 45 days, beating statutory compliance deadlines by 6 weeks.
Reduced total landed supply chain tariff exposure by $2.1M.
Representative scenario: a modelled industry situation showing how this accelerator applies. Figures are projections, not a named client result.
Capabilities used
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