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Global shipping containers stacked at a port, representing supply-chain disruption and the need for resilient sourcing strategies in 2025

Sourcing After Supply-Chain Disruption: Lessons from 2025 Global Events

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Supply-chain professionals entered 2025 facing heightened uncertainty across logistics, manufacturing, tariffs, and global trade policy. The past five years have transformed sourcing from a cost-optimization function into a resilience strategy. Port closures collided with tariff shifts. Factory interruptions overlapped with upstream shortages. Maritime instability intersected with demand volatility.
Precision injection molding equipment in modern manufacturing facility demonstrating tooling capability for offshore production.
Aerial view of integrated global manufacturing hub showing container port, logistics facilities, and supply chain infrastructure demonstrating the concentrated networks that accelerate production cycles in offshore manufacturing
Female supply chain inspector in a warehouse performing photo verification of packaged goods, using a tablet to document product quality and location.