Supply Chain & Operations Audit

Overview

Most brands know something is wrong before they can prove it. A supply chain audit turns that instinct into numbers: lead times that keep slipping, a cost base that never comes down, a peak season that should have been more profitable than it was.

The audit maps your entire operation, factory floor to customer door. Freight, fulfilment, inventory, suppliers, planning. What you get is not a generic report. It is a prioritised action plan with a number attached to every recommendation, so you know what to fix, in what order, and what it is worth.

Every audit to date has identified a multiple of its fee in recoverable value. Fixed fee, two to three weeks, credited in full against your first month if we go on to fix it. If we don't, you keep the findings.

Process

Scoping

01

A structured onboarding session to understand your business, your priorities, and where you believe the problems are. We map the full scope of the audit and align on what a successful outcome looks like before any work begins.

Diagnostic

02

We go into the operation. Supplier base, production calendars, freight invoices, landed cost analysis, 3PL performance, inventory data, margin structure by SKU. Everything reviewed and benchmarked against what a well-run operation at your scale should look like.

Analysis

03

We quantify every finding commercially. Not "your lead times are long" but "your lead times are costing you an estimated £X per quarter in emergency freight and stockout revenue." Every problem gets a number.

Delivery

04

We present the findings directly to the founder or senior team. A clear, prioritised action plan with commercial impact attached to each recommendation and a proposed roadmap for addressing them.

What we examine

02

Fulfilment and 3PL

Your rate card benchmarked line by line against market quotes. Invoices reconciled against the contract, because they drift the moment nobody reads them. Ancillary charges, surcharges and credits owed.

02

Fulfilment and 3PL

Your rate card benchmarked line by line against market quotes. Invoices reconciled against the contract, because they drift the moment nobody reads them. Ancillary charges, surcharges and credits owed.

03

Inventory and demand planning

Stockouts on winners and what they cost. Cash trapped in products nobody planned. Weeks of cover by SKU, and whether a planning function exists at all. It usually does not, and it is usually the root cause of everything above.

03

Inventory and demand planning

Stockouts on winners and what they cost. Cash trapped in products nobody planned. Weeks of cover by SKU, and whether a planning function exists at all. It usually does not, and it is usually the root cause of everything above.

04

Suppliers

Open costings, payment terms, minimums and quality standards, measured against what brands your size actually achieve.

04

Suppliers

Open costings, payment terms, minimums and quality standards, measured against what brands your size actually achieve.

05

Catalogue economics

Which products carry the business and which quietly drain it, on a fully loaded basis rather than gross margin.

05

Catalogue economics

Which products carry the business and which quietly drain it, on a fully loaded basis rather than gross margin.

06

Prioritised Action Plan

A clear, sequenced roadmap of every recommended action - ranked by commercial impact, ease of implementation, and urgency. This is the document that drives the fractional engagement if you proceed.

06

Prioritised Action Plan

A clear, sequenced roadmap of every recommended action - ranked by commercial impact, ease of implementation, and urgency. This is the document that drives the fractional engagement if you proceed.

Frequently asked questions

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Whether you have questions or just want to explore what’s possible, we’re here to help.

Get in touch.

Whether you have questions or just want to explore what’s possible, we’re here to help.