Deloitte’s “Remaking Supply Chains” Monday Briefing examines how corporate networks are adapting to overlapping disruptions—geopolitics, labour shortages, automation and sustainability mandates. The article points out that traditional cost-optimised models are giving way to designs that explicitly price resilience, with dual sourcing and near-shoring now base-case assumptions rather than contingency options.
Survey data collected by Deloitte shows 58 percent of global manufacturers have introduced regionalised final-assembly nodes since 2023, cutting average lead-times by 12 days but raising unit costs 4 percent. The briefing argues that digital-twin simulations can balance this trade-off by quantifying the “cost of resilience” early in capital-allocation cycles.
Labour constraints also feature prominently: tight talent pools in robotics programming and data science are cited as the number-one execution bottleneck. Firms interviewed report boosting in-house training budgets by 20 percent to build critical supply-chain skills, while partnering with logistics tech startups for rapid capability deployment.
Environmental compliance is turning into a design driver, too. Deloitte notes that European CBAM rules and U.S. state-level carbon disclosures are nudging companies to shorten transport distances and adopt low-carbon materials, thereby aligning operational resilience with ESG targets. The briefing concludes with a five-lever playbook: multi-node sourcing, predictive inventory buffers, near-shore manufacturing, ecosystem partnerships and end-to-end digital visibility.