Scaling retail startup

Building a resilient, scalable supply chain

Our client is a consumer goods business, that maintains an international expansion. Their growth causes requirements particularly on the supply chain department. Learn more how we engaged with them to capture, analize and deduct relevant options for the future direction within a cross-functional approach.

Overview

Shape and align the way forward.

We worked as external consultants with the COO and his team of sourcing, production, logistics and IT. We created clarity on the future goals and opportunities to address identified and weighted challenges.

Capture as-is situation
Goals and KPIs framework
Alignment workshops
Strategic portfolio management

“A brilliant methodical achievement”

Capture as-is situation

Grasp complex decision spaces.

The discovery started with interviewing the leadership team and reviewing documents. We processed and captured the stack of topics in the supply chain. With our documentation we gave a large amout of visibility on the entire supply chain complex. That made it easy for the client to quickly onboard managers in strategy decisions and identifying opportunities for the future.

Alignment workshops

Collaborative leaders and teams.

We involved all supply chain department heads in collaborative workshop sessions. That brought together a maximum of knowledge and perspectives. It also raised awareness for each person’s impact supporting the team alignment.

"Their strong understanding of the team was crucial to the overall value of the service."

Goals and KPIs framework

Levers and metrics to align in the team.

In a combined top-down and bottom-up approach we translated company goals to mid level management. Together with the client team we identified leverages to contribute to the overall goals and defined metrics to track success.

Strategic portfolio management

Data driven planning and decision making.

The rapid development of the company involved a high number of projects and planning to manage, track and monitor. We developed concepts and implemented solutions in the business software to break down progress to indicators and enable data driven decision making.

"The flexibility as well as the willingness to think outside of the box are significant for The Path Group. Definitely beneficial for businesses that look at their business model opportunities and adopt to new challenges.”