How does a Fortune 500 company rebuild their supply chain overnight? Most are piecing together a playbook on the fly

“Almost every client I talk to has a war room,” says Mary Rollman, KPMG’s U.S. supply chain leader. “They get a team spun up, and the members have completely dropped their day job. Their job now is to watch the news and see what comes out next, and quickly be able to present to leadership.”

That’s life in the chaotic Great Trade War of 2025—but companies aren’t waging the war. They’re trying to survive and thrive as governments radically remake the global business environment. At the heart of that challenge is the supply chain...