Growing protectionism and the need for higher agility to manage demand and supply volatility has challenged the integrated global supply chains multinational companies excel at. This session will consider how to incorporate regional designs in a supply chain network without diluting the cost or competitive advantages of existing global networks.

Manufacturing firms are under pressure to reduce their reliance on global complex and multitiered networks to improve resilience. At the same time for many, markets continue to be global and ceding ground on hard won cost competitiveness is not an option. Attendees of this session will understand two different operating models for building long lasting and sustainable resiliency in their manufacturing operations.