Decision Intelligence for a Resilient Supply Chain

From Tariffs to Spoilage: Why You Can’t Wait Any Longer to Modernize Supply Chain Decisions

If you’re running an integrated food or FMCG supply chain in 2025, you’re already feeling the squeeze.

Tariff spikes are inflating your input costs overnight. Perishables are backing up in the wrong locations. Retailers are chasing fill rates you can’t meet because the data doesn’t match demand. Meanwhile, the systems you’re relying on – ERP, Excel, dashboards – weren’t built for the speed or complexity of decisions you need to make today.

It’s not just about reacting faster. It’s about deciding smarter, before the cost hits your margin or product hits the bin.

That’s where Kimaru.ai comes in.

Kimaru.ai: Decision Intelligence for a Resilient Supply Chain

1. Tariff Intelligence, Translated to Action

Kimaru’s agents monitor trade policy updates and apply them directly to your BOMs, suppliers, and SKUs. If an input cost jumps 12% due to a new duty, Kimaru flags it immediately, simulates alternative sourcing options, and recommends adjustments before margin erosion hits the P&L.

A recent McKinsey report estimated that unmanaged tariff exposure can compress EBIT by up to 3% – and that most companies still rely on reactive workarounds that are too slow to prevent damage (McKinsey, 2025).

2. Spoilage Prevention with Perishable-Aware Agents

When perishable SKUs sit too long in the wrong place, you don’t just lose product – you lose trust with retail partners and waste operational capacity. Kimaru identifies overstocked perishables and recommends markdowns, redistributions, or production throttling based on demand signals, weather, and expiration risk. You stay ahead of spoilage with real actions, not postmortems.

3. Stockout and Pricing Mitigation

Gartner’s 2025 tariff mitigation survey found that while over 60% of manufacturers rank tariffs as a top risk, only a minority can simulate pricing outcomes in real time (Gartner via Supply Chain Digital). Kimaru closes that gap – it links upstream cost shifts to downstream pricing strategies. If aluminum or oil inputs spike, Kimaru’s agents recommend SKU-specific promo adjustments, pack-size changes, or cost reallocation to preserve margin without losing velocity.

4. Human-in-the-Loop Augmentation

Kimaru doesn’t replace planners — it extends them. Our agentic AI flags the right problems, simulates tradeoffs, and recommends the next best action across sourcing, inventory, and pricing. Your team stays in control while cutting manual decision time in half.

This Is the Year You Stop Tolerating Decision Lag

You can’t afford another quarter of static planning. The food and FMCG supply chain is now exposed to global shocks – tariffs, port delays, labor volatility – that demand fast, structured responses.

Kimaru gives you a real decision layer on top of the tools you already use. Not just a system of record – a system of action.

If your team is buried in reactive firefighting, this is the fix.

Request a 30-minute demo to see what Kimaru’s agents would recommend on your actual data – and how much time and margin you could get back.