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The market has been moving this way on its own. Companies are now pricing the tariff exposure in, forecasting an expected rate into production planning at the start of the year or building it into what the final customer eventually pays. Decisions about whether to manufacture inside a given country or source from somewhere else have become more deliberate. This pressure has opened markets, as products that leaned on a single region went looking for new ones and found them.
None of these disruptions will resolve on their own. Even if it stops being tariffs, it will be something else. The chaos will not run indefinitely, because it would drive inflation and collapse markets if it did. But the companies still standing when it settles will be the ones that converted the volatility into financial modeling and business planning first. ■
Priya Anand www. jabil. com
Priya Anand is the Director of Global Logistics Services at Jabil. She leverages more than 20 years of experience in logistics primarily specializing in ocean, air, road, domestic execution. Jabil is a trusted partner for the world’ s top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions.
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