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Experts at turning the complex and uncertain into results in every sector

Every industry has its own form of variability. Filter by your sector and find the challenges we solve.

Manufacturers

Consumer Goods

  • S&OP / IBP integration with highly uncertain, volatile demand.
  • A large number of very demanding customers.
  • Complex management of a large product portfolio.
  • Intense promotional activity adds a major volatility challenge.
  • Growth challenges due to the pressure of inventory on CAPEX.
Manufacturers

Steel and Metals

  • Cost reduction without sacrificing agility.
  • Effective management of CAPEX and operational ROI.
  • Operating models to manage manufacturing complexity with a large number of products configurable by dimension for each customer.
  • Sourcing adapted to commodity volatility and dumping.
  • We build distinctive operating models that scale.
Manufacturers

Fashion / Textiles and Apparel

  • Accelerated-flow models for products whose life cycles are shorter than the supply chain lead time.
  • Planning approaches designed to manage high demand volatility for products in every store and the resulting low forecast accuracy.
  • Operating models that ensure the difficult integration and synchronization with suppliers and contract manufacturers.
Manufacturers

Assemblers

  • We solve the big problem of flow synchronization.
  • We protect the critical integration points where variability does the most damage.
  • We align suppliers through flow-centric collaboration models and visibility.
Manufacturers

Plastics

  • We build agile operating models without giving up efficiency.
  • We optimize the working capital invested in the business.
Manufacturers

Chemicals

  • Operating model optimization.
  • Operational excellence in regulated environments.
  • Efficient logistics and end-to-end traceability.
Manufacturers

Pharma

  • Synchronization of critical flows.
  • Manufacturing transformation for regulatory excellence.
  • Smart, resilient distribution.
Retailers

Fashion Retail

  • Raising in-store availability across thousands of products whose life cycle is shorter than their lead times.
Retailers

Pharmacy Retail

  • Raising availability across hundreds of pharmacies or dispensaries with tens of thousands of products and challenging lead times.
Retailers

Spare Parts Retail

  • Raising availability across stores and branches with tens of thousands of parts and challenging lead times.
Retailers

Consumer Goods Retail

  • Raising in-store availability across thousands of products with challenging lead times.
Retailers

Catalog Direct Selling

  • Raising availability for a network of thousands of sales representatives and consultants, with hundreds of constantly changing products whose life cycle is shorter than their lead time.
Wholesalers and distributors

Consumer Goods Distribution

  • Raising in-store availability across thousands of products with challenging lead times.
Wholesalers and distributors

Spare Parts Distribution

  • Raising availability across warehouses and branches with tens of thousands of parts and challenging lead times.
Wholesalers and distributors

Pharmaceutical Distribution

  • Raising availability across multiple distribution centers or warehouses that supply hundreds of pharmacies or dispensaries with tens of thousands of products and challenging lead times.

Retail and distribution

How we solve it

The availability challenge takes a different shape in every business, but the route to solving it shares four moves.

We raise availability where it matters

We solve the challenge of having the right product at the right point, even with tens of thousands of SKUs and challenging lead times.

We plan with the real volume of the business

We design a sales and operations planning model capable of handling millions of data points, with the help of technology.

We redesign the value network

We adjust the network and the planning model to face highly changeable, unpredictable demand across thousands of products.

We optimize working capital

We turn the supply chain into a far more agile system that adapts to constant change, optimizing the working capital it requires.

Your sector, your challenge

Don't see your industry on the list?

We work wherever there is complexity and variability. Tell us about your case and we will tell you frankly whether we can help.

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