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Section 232 Exposure Quantification & Duty Recovery Assessment
89% single-country (China) copper-component dependency across four suppliers; no Section 232 exposure modeling done since the June 2026 full-customs-value rule change.
Modeled Section 232 exposure directly from public shipment data (single-supplier concentration 77%, prospect priority score 90/100), then scoped duty drawback and Foreign Trade Zone feasibility against the identified exposure.
$86K–$147K in estimated annual Section 232 exposure quantified before first contact; duty drawback and FTZ pathways identified as recovery levers for the diagnostic phase.
Composite illustration generated with our public-data exposure-modeling engine, built for illustrative purposes — not a real client engagement.
Supply Continuity Recovery Following Tier-1 Supplier Bankruptcy
A Tier-1 supplier entered bankruptcy mid-program, threatening continuity of supply across five manufacturing sites.
Led the full sourcing transition to a replacement contract manufacturer — capability assessment, should-cost validation, commercial negotiation, phased qualification and ramp.
90% of required output restored within 9 months. Zero line-down events across any site.
Emergency PCBA Resourcing During the Global Semiconductor Shortage
PCBA supply from China halted, stopping production on two high-volume OEM programs.
Identified and qualified alternate suppliers in Mexico; executed full relocation and requalification under a live customer schedule.
PCBA sourcing relocated and requalified in 8 weeks. $68M in stalled OEM production restored.
Category Restructuring for Commercial Vehicle Powertrain
Axle and brake components purchased undressed, absorbing internal assembly cost and constraining throughput.
Restructured sourcing to fully dressed assemblies; consolidated the supply base; negotiated multi-year Tier-1 agreements.
$28.65M annual savings. Throughput up 23%. On-time delivery to 98%.
S&OP Rebuild Across a Five-Site Network
Forecast accuracy and inventory discipline had drifted across a multi-region footprint.
Reset the monthly S&OP cadence; integrated ERP with BI reporting for a single view of supplier and market data.
Forecast accuracy rebuilt above 90%. Inventory down 38%. On-time delivery to 91%.
Lane-Level Freight Surcharge Exposure Remodel
New Chinese-built vessel tonnage fees and Red Sea rerouting added an estimated 8–12 transit days and unbudgeted surcharge exposure across three Asia-origin lanes, with landed-cost models still built on pre-disruption baselines.
Rebuilt landed-cost and lead-time assumptions on the rerouted network, diversified carrier mix away from surcharge-exposed tonnage, and renegotiated surcharge pass-through terms with the primary forwarder.
Landed-cost model realigned to current routing reality; surcharge pass-through renegotiated before it normalized into base freight rates.
Composite illustration built to demonstrate the methodology — not a real client engagement.
Fractional Sourcing Leadership & Category Process Build-Out
Growing mid-market manufacturer had no dedicated sourcing leadership — category decisions were made ad hoc by operations and finance, with no supplier qualification process or negotiation cadence.
Embedded as fractional Director of Sourcing; built a category strategy framework and supplier qualification/scorecard process; trained an internal buyer to own it going forward.
Sourcing function stood up from zero to a repeatable process in one quarter. Internal team equipped to run it independently at handoff.
Composite illustration built to demonstrate the methodology — not a real client engagement.
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