El Niño: Your Supply Chain Storm

Webinar

On 3 November 2026, AIMMS, Iter Consulting and Tilda’s Managing Director Jean-Philippe Laborde will discuss in a 45-minute online panel how food and beverage supply chain leaders can plan for El Niño’s impact on crop yields, costs and freight by using scenario planning to secure supply without overspending on unnecessary inventory.

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If El Niño disrupts crop yields, availability and freight, how do you protect supply without paying unnecessarily for protection you may not need?

For food and beverage businesses, the impact of El Niño can travel quickly from growing regions into supply chains – affecting crop yields and costs, sourcing decisions, freight routes, inventory and ultimately availability.

The challenge isn’t simply understanding what might happen. It’s deciding what to do about it – and when.

Together, we’ll explore the potential scale of the next El Niño and the scenarios supply chain leaders should be considering now.

What we'll explore

What could happen – the potential scale of El Niño and what it could mean for key crops and growing regions.
Where the impact could be felt – from yields and raw material costs to freight, including routes through the Panama Canal.
Which scenarios are worth planning for – including buying earlier, where to hold stock and the cost implications of different decisions.
How to respond without overreacting – balancing security of supply against the cost and risk of carrying unnecessary inventory.
Where there may be opportunity – using better visibility and scenario planning not simply to manage disruption, but potentially to take advantage of it.

We can’t predict exactly what El Niño will do, but we can understand the potential impact, plan for different scenarios and make better decisions as the picture develops.