Is Your Source-to-Pay System Keeping Up with Tariff Changes?

As tariffs shift the economics of global sourcing, buyer behaviors need to shift with it. Without guidance from your S2P tool, frontline users may continue to purchase from suppliers or regions that are no longer cost-effective. 

To course-correct, organizations are: 

• Flagging local or preferred suppliers directly in catalogs and guided buying tools 
• Segmenting supplier profiles by region or tariff exposure 
• Creating policy-driven workflows that route buyers to local suppliers 
• Surfacing tariff-inclusive pricing at the point of requisition 

These steps reduce rogue spend and help ensure that users are making strategic purchases — even when geopolitical factors change the rules of the game.

Pre-negotiated catalogs become a frontline defense against tariff risk. Updating catalog content to reflect new pricing, approved regions, and alternate suppliers ensures end-users stay aligned with your procurement strategy. 

Many contracts need to be renegotiated to reflect new costs that include tariff surcharges. Your S2P solution should track which suppliers are affected, highlight risk-tiered contracts, and streamline the amendment process. 

Dynamic sourcing events let you test the market under new tariff conditions, factoring in not only item cost, but also freight, duties, and overall landed cost. Advanced tools can even optimize CSO/ASO trade lanes and total logistics spend. 

If your S2P platform can’t capture, display, or adapt to evolving tariff-related data, it’s time for a configuration tune-up. Best-in-class systems allow you to: 

• Visualize tariffs within supplier profiles and sourcing events 
• Tag suppliers or SKUs as tariff-impacted 
• Track compliance with local buying mandates 
• Route approvals based on tariff thresholds or cost deltas 

A well-configured tool gives procurement the visibility it needs to stay compliant, minimize cost, and enforce policy — even in a rapidly changing regulatory environment.