IT Platform & Portfolio Assessment

Supply chain is both a critical area for investment to ensure customer expectations are met (if not surpassed) and operating costs are maintained.  In evaluating your supply chain capabilities, it is important to begin with fundamentals, but also to extend the analysis into your organization’s vision and strategy for the future.  

Our advisors bring a perspective to challenge organizational norms and help to re-envision how your supply chain can bring value and differentiation as a strategic asset of your company.  We provide clarity in assessing critical capabilities relative to industry peers, understanding which investments have the most urgency, and identifying opportunities to leverage third parties to accelerate improvements while building the infrastructure of critical capabilities for differentiation in house.    

Our Approach 

  • Executive Workshops Aligning Business Strategy & Supply Chain 

    Market dynamics and shifts in consumer behaviors are driving changes in supply chain network footprints and distribution approaches and driving tighter collaboration with business partners.  Our advisors will facilitate visioning sessions and drive conversations considering your supply chain strategies, risk, and opportunities.  Focused conversations on existing and needed competencies, discussions on insourcing and outsourcing will help guide well-aligned organizational strategy and investment plans. 

  • Supply Chain Operations Assessment  

    Reviews of supply chain performance beyond KPIs, our assessments focus on the fundamentals of business processes across select solutions categories from merchandising to supply chain planning and execution.  Feedback will focus on precise recommendations for operational improvements, as well as longer term investment opportunities to transform your supply chain planning capabilities.      

  • Supply Chain Technology Assessment  

    Portfolio reviews of supply chain technology capabilities will be benchmarked against industry norms and evaluated for value and relevance to supply chain strategy.  Insights into risks and opportunity are compared to existing investment plans for a targeted point of view on maturity & strategic differentiation.   

  • Value Reporting & Calibration 

    Beyond KPIs, measuring value realization against expectations will shed light on key process and technology opportunity areas.  Establishing reporting structures and value reporting capabilities will provide close ties between investments and their operational impacts, and ensure that ongoing calibration secures the returns expected of your investments.