Kearney to release comprehensive solution to help companies identify and mitigate tariff impacts

CHICAGO, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new integrated solution from Kearney is helping companies accomplish the difficult task of quickly identifying and quantifying the full cost, supply chain, and margin impacts of tariffs across complex value chains and determining the optimal actions to mitigate those effects.

As the US administration's new tariff policy continues to evolve, companies are asking what the impacts will be for them and what they should do in response. Kearney's Tariff Impact Model helps companies answer those questions. It's a comprehensive, end-to-end approach that, supported by Anaplan's powerful AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform, enables companies to not only understand what's happening and why, but also to identify where to focus their efforts and translate that focus into the right actions to deliver operational results. With the solution, companies can:

1. Gain the confidence they fully understand their financial and operational risk exposure and opportunities, not only to today's tariff environment, but multiple different scenarios of what tomorrow could bring.
2. Know which specific steps they must take to optimally mitigate those risks and capture new opportunities—those they must take now and in the next six months, as well as initiatives that should be part of their longer-term road map.
3. Build a robust internal capability quickly that enables them to proactively plan for and execute against the different scenarios that may affect them, including addressing the data, technology, people, and process requirements needed to act.

The solution brings together Kearney's end-to-end geopolitical advisory service and Global Business Policy Council with the firm's strategic operations and transformation expertise as well as Anaplan's platform for scenario planning and analysis. It operates on data from both internal company and external sources (for example, tariff rates, Kearney benchmarks), and features AI agents Kearney has developed specifically for the solution. These agents quickly and accurately map the products and parts a company uses, manufactures, or sells to all the relevant tariffs in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)—including the new reciprocal tariffs and those covered by HTS sections 232 and 301—and illustrates how these tariffs interact with other trade agreements.

The solution also includes a scenario planning and analysis engine built on Anaplan that enables companies to model a wide range of potential scenarios and answer such common questions as tariff exposure across various dimensions, including by product, supplier, country, or bill of material (BOM) component. The solution's optimization capability considers these scenarios to recommend the best immediate actions as well as moves across the short, medium, and long term, which could include creating pain sharing agreements with suppliers, reevaluating product design, and even potentially reimagining network strategy.

"In today's volatile trade environment, companies must anticipate and adapt," said Ben T. Smith, IV, board member at Kearney. "It's no longer enough to understand tariff risks—businesses must reshape strategies to both mitigate risk and seize emerging opportunities. The window for advantage is closing fast. Now is the time to act."

"Tariffs are hitting companies fast—and hard—so organizations need to move from reactive to strategic," said EJ Tavella, SVP of supply chain for Anaplan. "Supply chain and finance leaders also need real-time visibility into the full P&L-level impact of tariffs, run dynamic scenarios, and take the smartest next steps—whether that's renegotiating with suppliers or rethinking network design. When things are changing fast, confidence becomes a competitive edge—and that's where Anaplan helps companies accelerate time from insights to action."

For more information on the Kearney Tariff Impact Model, click here.

About the Global Business Policy Council

The Global Business Policy Council (GBPC), part of the Kearney Foresight network, is a leading voice on business environment research and policy. Since its first CEO Retreat in 1992, the Council has provided strategic foresight services for the world's top executives and government officials. Through public-facing thought leadership, exclusive global forums, and advisory services, the Council helps to decipher complex geopolitical, economic, social, and technological shifts. This creates clarity for CEOs and government leaders on key developments and trends, providing immediate impact and lasting advantage.

About Kearney
Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm. For nearly 100 years, we have been a trusted advisor to C-suites, government bodies, and nonprofit organizations. Our people make us who we are. Driven to be the difference between a big idea and making it happen, we work alongside our clients to regenerate their businesses to create a future that works for everyone. Learn more at www.kearney.com.

About Anaplan
Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today's complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, our platform intelligently surfaces key insights—so businesses can make the right decisions, right now.

More than 2,500 of the world's best brands continually optimize their decision-making by planning with Anaplan. To learn more, visit www.anaplan.com.

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