Mission Zero
ImpossibleIllustrativeThe impossible morning
A tariff lands at midnight. By lunchtime the company has been rebuilt around it: supply, pricing, customers and guidance.
Halvorsen Industrial (fictional company) is a $14B US manufacturer with 31,000 employees, 18,000 SKUs, 4,200 suppliers and customers in 42 countries. At 11:58 PM a 60% tariff on its largest supplier country takes effect without warning. The stock opens at 9:30 AM. The board meets at 1:00 PM.
Sol, I need the whole company rebuilt around this tariff before the board meets. Supply, pricing, customers, guidance. Everything.
- Done by
- 11:52 AM
- Starts
- 6:02 AM
- Elapsed
- 5 h 50 min
- Agents
- 2,400
10 functions
- Trade
- Supply chain
- Sourcing
- Finance
- Legal
- Commercial
- Comms
- Investor relations
- Build
- Review
- Before
- No company today would attempt it. The work needs 260 people and 11 weeks, and the board meets in 13 hours.
- With Solstice
- Every exposed SKU, a qualified alternative supplier for each, a repricing plan for every contract, notices for every customer, revised guidance and the board pack, before lunch.
