Webinar
Post-inauguration supply chain planning
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Our team of experts broke down the latest developments shaping the supply chain industry and offered insights to help brands prepare for what’s next in 2025.
This webinar covered:
- A look back: Key updates from the past month, including early actions from the Trump Administration.
- Industry reactions: What brands and professionals are saying—and doing—in response to the latest shifts.
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Looking ahead to 2025: Insights into anticipated policy changes and their potential impact on your business.
Strategic takeaways for your brand:
- Should you wait and see or act now to remain competitive?
- How to evaluate cost-effective and operationally sound strategies for your brand.
- Proven tactics to stay agile and prepared for unexpected changes.
- Managing tariff impacts on sourcing costs and supplier relationships.
- Adapting inventory to policy-driven price fluctuations.
- Exploring ways to minimize sourcing costs under new regulations.
- Assessing the likelihood of policy reversals and how to plan accordingly.
Speakers
Timothy W. Manning
Former White House Supply Coordinator
Timothy W. Manning is a seasoned expert in emergency management, national security and resilience. He is the President of Berglind-Manning L.C., a consultancy specializing in national security and disaster preparedness. Manning has held key roles in government, including Deputy Administrator at FEMA and White House COVID-19 Supply Chain Coordinator. He has managed critical responses to national emergencies and led global disaster risk reduction initiatives. As a Research Professor at Georgetown University, he focuses on homeland security and global health policy. Manning is a published author and respected advisor, shaping policy on resilience and crisis management worldwide.
Christopher Siepmann
International Trade Expert
Christopher Siepmann is an international affairs expert whose work has impacted over $100 billion in global commerce. As Managing Director of Weller James, he advises clients on geopolitics, international trade strategy, policy changes, reshoring and nearshoring, value chain risk, duty mitigation, foreign direct investment and related topics. Prior to entering the private sector, he served as Director of Trade Enforcement at the White House Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where he advised senior government leaders in the first Trump administration on the U.S.-China tariffs and steel and aluminum tariffs, along with a broad range of other industrial competitiveness and trade-related issues. Before that, Chris led U.S. government investigations into unfair international trade practices at the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.