Supply Chain Consulting

We specialize in delivering comprehensive supply chain consulting services designed to elevate your business by optimizing the flow of goods, services, information, and finances. Our goal is to help you achieve greater efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance your competitive advantage. Our holistic approach is structured into four key modules:


  • Supply Chain Assessment & Optimization
  • Business Process Excellence
  • Supply Chain Planning Excellence
  • Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Supply Chain Assessment

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, a streamlined, efficient supply chain is crucial for success. This comprehensive 10-step health check provides a robust framework to drive supply chain excellence. The steps include aligning supply chain goals with strategic business objectives, mapping material flows, identifying planning and material flow gaps, optimizing manufacturing processes, and evaluating financial flows to reduce costs. Additionally, it emphasizes assessing organizational structures, workforce skills, and developing a tailored solution roadmap. Together, these steps form a powerful approach to achieving end-to-end supply chain optimization, honed through practical application across diverse organizations.

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Supply Chain Assessment & Optimization


An efficient and well-optimized supply chain is crucial for the success of your business. Our consultancy specializes in conducting comprehensive analyses of your existing supply chain processes to uncover inefficiencies and areas for improvement. Through a combination of data analysis, process mapping, and stakeholder interviews, our team meticulously assesses every aspect of your supply chain, from sourcing and procurement to production and distribution.

Our unique approach to assessment includes:

  • Mapping of Supply Chain: Identifying material and information flows to visualize the entire supply chain and pinpoint areas of improvement.

  • Current Planning and Inventory Analysis: Assessing parameters at each link and node to understand how inventory is managed and where planning can be optimized.

  • Gap Analysis: Identifying strategic alignment gaps, structural and infrastructural gaps, business process gaps, systems gaps, capability gaps, sustainability, and risk gaps.

  • Gap Closure Plan: Proposing initiatives, business process restructuring requirements, and an overall transformation plan tailored to bridge identified gaps and enhance performance.

  • Management Review: Evaluating your organization's readiness, capabilities, and the level of change required to implement the optimization plan.

  • Project Governance and Execution: Developing a detailed project plan that outlines the steps necessary to achieve supply chain optimization.

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Supply Chain Strategy


Supply chain strategy is an overarching plan adopted to manage the flow of goods, services, information, and finances from the point of origin to the point of consumption, ensuring customer requirements are met while maximizing efficiency and minimizing costs. A well-defined supply chain strategy aligns with the company's overall business objectives and aims to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Popular supply chain strategies include Agile Supply Chain Strategy, Lean Supply Chain Strategy, Responsive Supply Chain Strategy, Aggressive Pricing Strategy, Collaborative Supply Chain Strategy, Global Supply Chain Strategy, and Omni-channel Supply Chain Strategy.

Key components of an effective supply chain strategy encompass Network Design, Sourcing and Procurement, Manufacturing Strategy, Production Planning, Inventory Management, Transportation and Logistics, Information Technology, Risk Management, Sustainability and Compliance, and Collaboration and Partnerships. These elements work together to optimize operations, reduce costs, and enhance overall efficiency, thereby supporting the company's strategic goals and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.

Supply Chain Business Network


Designing a multi-enterprise supply chain business network involves a strategic approach that considers key business processes and leverages technology enablers for optimal performance. We begin by analyzing and understanding your organization's unique business processes, such as procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and customer fulfillment. By aligning the network design with these processes, we ensure seamless integration and collaboration among participating entities.

Additionally, we harness technology enablers, including cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, to drive efficiency, visibility, and transparency across the supply chain. Our design encompasses advanced forecasting and planning capabilities, streamlined inventory management, real-time tracking and tracing, and intelligent decision support systems. By combining robust business process design with cutting-edge technology, we create a multi-enterprise supply chain business network that empowers your organization to achieve operational excellence and gain a competitive edge in the market.

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Business Process Excellence


We specialize in Business Process Excellence, a holistic approach to optimizing your organization's operations for maximum efficiency and productivity. Our comprehensive services are designed to guide you through every step of the process improvement journey, ensuring lasting success and continuous improvement.

Business Process Identification: TWe begin by identifying the core business processes within your organization. Through thorough analysis and collaboration with key stakeholders, we gain a comprehensive understanding of your business processes to lay the foundation for improvement.

Strategic Alignment Assessment: Each identified process is assessed in alignment with your organization's strategic goals and objectives. We identify misalignments between current performance and desired outcomes to pinpoint areas for improvement and optimization.

Methodology Proposal and Implementation: Based on our assessment findings, we propose appropriate process improvement methodologies tailored to your specific needs and challenges. This may include ERP automations, Lean Six Sigma initiatives, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), or other methodologies to close the gaps and achieve business process excellence.

Project Support and Execution: We provide hands-on support throughout the project execution phase, working closely with your team to implement process improvements and achieve tangible results. Our consultants offer expertise and guidance to ensure successful project outcomes and sustainable change.

Key Performance Indicators Implementation: To measure progress and success, we assist in defining and implementing key performance indicators (KPIs) aligned with your organizational objectives. These KPIs serve as benchmarks to monitor performance and track the impact of process improvements over time.

Continuous Improvement and Optimization: Our commitment to excellence doesn't end with project completion. We conduct periodic assessments to identify further opportunities for enhancement and optimization. Through continuous monitoring and refinement, we help you achieve ongoing improvements and maintain a culture of excellence.

Supply Chain Planning Excellence


We specialize in designing, developing, and implementing supply chain planning models tailored to align with your business strategy. Improper supply chain planning can lead to reduced customer service levels, increased lead times, and higher costs. Our expertise helps you mitigate these issues, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness across your supply chain.

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): We assist in developing and implementing robust S&OP processes to align sales forecasts with production plans, inventory levels, and customer demand. Our tailored S&OP solutions enable greater visibility, collaboration, and agility across your supply chain.

Demand Planning: Our demand planning services enable accurate forecasting of customer demand, anticipation of market trends, and alignment of inventory levels with demand fluctuations. Through advanced forecasting models and collaborative planning processes, we help you optimize inventory levels, reduce stockouts, and improve customer satisfaction.

Master Scheduling and Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Our consultants work with your team to optimize master scheduling and MRP processes, ensuring accurate production scheduling, inventory management, and materials procurement. By leveraging advanced planning algorithms and technology solutions, we help minimize lead times, reduce inventory costs, and improve on-time delivery performance.

Logistics Planning: We provide expertise in logistics planning to optimize transportation routes, warehouse operations, and distribution networks. From route optimization to warehouse layout design, our solutions streamline logistics processes, reduce transportation costs, and enhance supply chain efficiency.

Capacity Planning: We assist in capacity planning to ensure optimal utilization of resources, including production facilities, equipment, and workforce. By analyzing demand forecasts and production capabilities, we help you balance capacity and demand, minimize bottlenecks, and optimize resource allocation for maximum efficiency.

Inventory Planning: We help you identify the best possible inventory parameters such as safety stocks, safety lead times, re-order levels, replenishment order policies, product rationalization, and supply chain consolidation using a scientific approach powered by Artificial Intelligence and optimization algorithms.

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Digital Supply Chain Transformation


Our consulting services are designed to revolutionize your supply chain operations through the implementation of cutting-edge technologies and innovative strategies. We specialize in leveraging digital solutions to optimize every aspect of your supply chain, from procurement to delivery, ensuring agility, efficiency, and competitiveness in today's dynamic market. Regardless of your IT application landscape, we can help you transform seamlessly.

ERP Implementation: We guide you through the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems tailored to your business needs to achieve supply chain excellence. Our expertise ensures seamless integration of ERP modules, streamlining processes and enabling real-time visibility into key supply chain metrics.

Supply Chain Business Network: We build supply chain business networks that include seamless data flow between multiple supply chain partners to achieve multi-level order fulfillment, inventory visibility, collaborative forecasting and planning, and demand sensing and forecasting.

Demand Planning: Our consultants design the right demand planning processes using various methods of time series and qualitative techniques suitable for your business. We also automate these processes to perform with seamless data flow from multiple systems.

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS): Our consultants assist in implementing warehouse management systems to optimize inventory control, order fulfillment, and warehouse operations. By leveraging WMS technology, we enhance inventory accuracy, reduce lead times, and improve overall warehouse efficiency.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES): We deploy manufacturing execution systems to streamline production processes, monitor shop floor activities, and optimize resource utilization. Our MES solutions enable real-time tracking of production metrics, quality control, and scheduling, driving operational excellence in manufacturing operations.

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Digital Supply Chain Transformation


Supply Chain Planning: We implement advanced supply chain planning solutions to forecast demand, optimize inventory levels, and synchronize production and distribution activities. Our expertise in demand planning, inventory optimization, and sales and operations planning ensures optimal supply chain performance and customer satisfaction.

Transportation Management System (TMS): Our consultants help you implement transportation management systems to optimize freight management, route planning, and carrier selection. By leveraging TMS technology, we reduce transportation costs, improve delivery reliability, and enhance overall logistics efficiency.

IIoT and AI Integration: We leverage Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) models to enhance supply chain visibility, predict demand fluctuations, and optimize decision-making processes. By harnessing the power of data analytics and machine learning, we drive continuous improvement and innovation in your supply chain operations.

Supply Chain Control Tower: We design, develop, and implement supply chain control towers to provide visibility of inventory, orders, collaboration, and analytics, empowering informed decision-making. The control tower helps you not only know what is happening at any given time in the supply chain but also act swiftly to avoid disruptions.