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What We Do

We put risk and resilience at the center of supply chain management, empowering our clients to navigate any challenges that arise. From natural disasters to blocked shipping routes and raw material shortages, we help our clients build core capabilities to withstand adversity.

We adopt a holistic view of supply chains, analyzing and assessing risks, and fostering resilient organizations. Collaborating with clients across all industries and geographies, we facilitate smoother and more efficient navigation through hardships. Our clients are equipped with digital forecasting tools, optimized sourcing strategies, and sustainable supply chain operating models to minimize the effects of disruptive events and prepare for future challenges.

Disruption can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be destructive. With quick reaction mechanisms and resilient structures embedded at their core, our clients are able to thrive in uncertain times.

Supply chain resiliency has become a real priority, next to cost, service performance and sustainability. Transforming and investing in operations today sets the necessary base for surviving and thriving in a world filled with uncertainty and risk

Sebastian Janssen, Partner and Global Supply Chain Lead

What We Think

Making supply chains more resilient

How manufacturers can solve the supply chain dilemma – while remaining flexible and competitive

A new playbook for combating supply chain disruption

The right framework to address both inflation and volatility

THIS IS HOW TO PREVENT FUTURE SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGES

How manufacturers can stay ahead of supply chain issues

HOW GEOPOLITICS SHAPES THE FATE OF INDUSTRIAL GOODS

Exploring the implications of the new world order

How manufacturers can reduce inventory strategically

Companies should plan demand better and rethink ordering

5-regret moves for de-risking global supply chains

How companies can reduce exposure to geopolitical risks

How the world got bigger again

Three strategies that increase supply chain resilience

UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING RETAIL’S SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGE

Efficiency is not everything

Breakthroughs

Resilience Framework Helps Secure Supply Chain

A leading manufacturing company faced an electronic component crisis with shortages and supply chain disruptions, leaving €1 billion in cash unsecured. The Path-to-Resilience framework secured supplies from critical suppliers. We worked in five maturity dimensions: managing disruptions, aligning needs, foreseeing demand, and strengthening supply.

Avoiding Losses During A Global Crisis

We supported a European Automotive OEM in navigating a complex supply chain crisis, triggered by COVID-19 and a global shortage of semiconductors and other raw materials. By establishing transparency and an early warning system for component supply, we avoided financial losses that could have resulted in potential plant shutdowns due to disruptions in the supply chain.

New Supply Chain Model Improves Performance

A prominent wind turbine manufacturer’s supply chain had become increasingly complex in recent years. This complexity, coupled with a series of external shock, led to disruptions, uncertain lead times, and rising costs. We developed a new supply chain operating model that prioritized resilience while meeting cost, quality, and in-time delivery performance goals.

Warehouse Optimization Reduces Cycle Time

Rapid growth pushed a leading furniture retailer beyond its capabilities, leading to severe issues, including a port container backlog, and missing items. We optimized the warehouse management system to automatically allocate returns and introduced scanners into the depots. As a result, order cycle time was reduced by 35% while picking accuracy jumped from 70% to 95%.

Building Resilient Structure Achieved 100% Delivery Rate

We supported an automotive supplier of electronic components in establishing and operationalizing a supply shortage management team. We built resilient structures that significantly improved their supply capability towards their customers. Despite ongoing shortages, the program led to a 100% delivery rate.