Program II
Corporate Field Trips
Focused, single- or multi-city visits for functional teams — supply chain, product, marketing — to see best-in-class operations firsthand, without the overhead of a full leadership tour.
What This Looks Like In Practice
A sharp, working trip for one team with one job to do
Not every question needs a week-long leadership tour. A Corporate Field Trip is built for a single function — supply chain, product, sourcing, marketing — that needs direct, on-the-ground exposure to solve a specific problem: qualifying a new supplier, benchmarking a retail format, understanding a manufacturing process before a sourcing decision.
These trips run lean: one city, a tight agenda, and a group small enough that everyone gets real access — not a back-row seat on a bus tour.
Sample Itinerary
Two days, one city — a supply chain trip to Shenzhen
Factory Floors & Supplier Meetings
Back-to-back visits to two or three manufacturing facilities relevant to your product category, with structured Q&A time built into each stop and an interpreter on hand throughout.
Market Walk & Action-Planning Workshop
A morning walking the component and electronics markets to see alternative suppliers and price points firsthand, followed by an afternoon workshop turning findings into a shortlist and next steps.
This itinerary is illustrative. A field trip for a marketing team benchmarking retail formats, or a product team studying manufacturing tolerances, would follow a completely different route — the format stays lean, but the stops are built around your function's specific goal.
Who It's For
Teams solving one specific, concrete problem
- Supply chain & sourcing teams qualifying suppliers or scoping a manufacturing shift.
- Product teams studying materials, tolerances, or production techniques before a design decision.
- Marketing & retail teams benchmarking new retail formats and consumer behavior on the ground.
What's included
Itinerary design around your specific brief, on-the-ground coordination and access, ground transport, interpretation, and a short written summary of findings and supplier or contact details gathered during the trip.
Format & Investment
Priced by scope, not by a fixed package
Because the brief is narrower than a full Innovation Tour, Field Trips are typically faster to plan and lower in cost — but pricing still depends on the specific access required. A discovery call is the fastest way to get a concrete quote.