Overview
Designing the network, then keeping stock where it needs to be.
A supply chain is judged on one question. Was the right quantity in the right place, in usable condition, on the day it was needed? Everything else exists to make that answer yes more often: the network design, the forecast, the replenishment logic, the warehouse system.
We model the network and then live inside it. That means siting warehouses against real corridor behaviour rather than a map, quantifying demand in a form a funder will accept, and building the pipeline visibility that turns a stock-out from a surprise into a decision taken six weeks earlier.
Quantify before you position
Network design without a defensible forecast simply relocates the problem. Quantification comes first.
Watch the pipeline, not the warehouse
Stock reports describe the past. Pipeline monitoring, with expiry and shortage forecasting, is what gives a manager time to act.
Design for the constrained leg
Corridor risk, seasonal access and insecurity are planning inputs rather than exceptions. The last mile is where a design is actually tested.
Services
What we deliver in this practice
Each line can be commissioned on its own or combined into a single scope of work.
- 01Supply chain design and network modellingWarehouse siting, stock positioning and replenishment logic.
- 02Demand forecasting and quantificationTranslating programme targets into defensible volumes, timing and budget.
- 03Pipeline monitoringStock visibility, expiry management and shortage forecasting.
- 04Inventory and warehouse management systemsImplementation, configuration and staff training.
- 05Supply chain risk assessmentSingle-source exposure, corridor risk and contingency planning.
- 06Last-mile deliveryDistribution into insecure and access-constrained areas.
- 07Supply chain performance audit and diagnosticIndependent examination of how a chain is actually performing against its design.
Standards
The rules this work is held to.
Technical defensibility means working to frameworks a third party already recognises. These are the ones that govern this practice.
- Quantification and forecasting methodologies for institutional supply
- FEFO rotation and expiry management
- Good Distribution Practice for regulated commodities
- Cold chain and temperature-controlled handling
- Warehouse and inventory management system standards
- Contingency planning and single-source risk protocols
Adjacent capability
Work in this practice most often runs into these.
Bring us the constraint, not just the request.
A tender that keeps attracting the wrong bidders, a pipeline nobody can see into, a finding that has to be answered. That is where this practice is most useful.