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Challenge

The firm was planning to take on two new retail contracts, but their sourcing and production capacity hadn't been assessed against the additional volume. Management had a rough sense that there was headroom — but not enough clarity to commit confidently.

What We Did

Over five weeks, we reviewed supplier lead times, reviewed production scheduling across two shifts, and assessed warehouse throughput against the projected order volumes. The working session with the team surfaced a bottleneck in fabric inspection that hadn't been documented previously.

Outcome

The roadmap identified three adjustments — one to supplier agreements, one to internal scheduling, and one to the inspection process — that together would accommodate the additional contracts without adding staff. The client accepted both contracts.

Challenge

After consolidating two production sites into one, the firm was experiencing irregular delivery timelines and unexpected inventory shortfalls. The management team had a working hypothesis about the cause but wanted an outside read before changing anything significant.

What We Did

Three monthly sessions over three months, with agreed tracking measures in place from the first week. By month two, the pattern of shortfalls pointed to a demand forecasting cycle that had become misaligned during the consolidation — not a logistics problem, as initially suspected.

Outcome

The firm adjusted their forecasting cycle by two weeks and renegotiated lead times with two suppliers accordingly. Delivery reliability improved noticeably by month three. The management team had a clearer framework for reading their own inventory data going forward.

Challenge

A smaller family business, relatively new to formal supply chain thinking. The owner wanted to understand what, if anything, needed attention before they took on a government supply contract. They weren't sure what to look for or where to start.

What We Did

A three-hour session walking through their sourcing, production, cold-chain logistics, and delivery documentation. We noted three areas with meaningful risk for a government contract — documentation gaps, supplier diversity, and cold storage capacity — and flagged two that weren't problems at all.

Outcome

The written summary gave the owner a clear, prioritized picture. They addressed the documentation gap within two weeks. They chose not to pursue the storage expansion, deciding the contract was achievable without it. They won the contract the following month.