Supply Chain Strategy & Setup
A supply chain designed for cost, speed and resilience.
Your supply chain decides whether a product reaches customers on time, at the right cost and in the right condition. We design and set up end-to-end supply chains, from raw materials and component suppliers to assembly, freight, warehousing and the customer.
Lean principles shape every decision: flow over batching, pull over push, and the minimum inventory that still protects service. Then we build the planning, metrics and risk controls that keep it performing.
- Companies launching a new product that needs a supply chain from scratch
- Businesses moving production offshore or reshoring
- Operations with high inventory, frequent shortages or volatile freight costs
End-to-end supply chain flow.
Every engagement follows a clear, staged process with defined decision gates, so you always know where your project stands and what happens next.
- 01Tier 2Raw materialsResin, metals, electronics
- 02Tier 1ComponentsMoulding, machining, PCBs
- 03MakeAssemblyOEM or in-house assembly
- 04◆ GateQuality gateInspection and release
- 05MoveFreightSea, air, customs
- 06StoreWarehousePull-based inventory
- 07DeliverCustomerOn-time delivery
Supply Chain Strategy & Setup services.
Select a service to see what is included, what you receive and the benefits.

Supply Chain Strategy & Network Design
Design the chain before you build it.
Learn more
Supplier Development & Dual Sourcing
Stronger suppliers and fewer single points of failure.
Learn more
Logistics, Incoterms & Landed Cost
Move goods efficiently and know the true cost.
Learn more
Inventory & S&OP Planning
The right stock, in the right place, at the right time.
Learn more
Supply Risk & Resilience
Keep supplying when others cannot.
Learn more
Supply Chain Digitisation
Visibility and automation across the chain.
Learn moreWhat changes for your business.
Lower total cost
Optimised sourcing, freight and inventory across the whole chain.
Reliable delivery
Planning and buffers sized to real demand and lead times.
Resilience
Dual sources and risk plans that keep you supplying when others cannot.
Supply Chain Strategy & Setup: common questions.
Can you set up a complete supply chain for a new product?
Yes. We design the network, select and qualify suppliers, set up logistics and inventory policies and establish planning and quality controls, ready for launch.
How do you apply Lean to supply chains?
We map the end-to-end value stream, remove waiting and excess inventory, introduce pull signals between partners and level demand so suppliers can run efficiently.
Supply chain diagnostic in 2–4 weeks; design and setup over 3–9 months.
Every engagement starts with a free consultation and a fixed-scope proposal with clear deliverables, timing and success measures.
Articles on Lean.

Value stream mapping for digital and AI-enabled processes
Value stream mapping was designed for material flow, but most delays today hide in information flow. How to map digital, data and AI-enabled processes, find the waste in handoffs, queues and systems, and design a better future state.

Lean before automation: don’t automate waste
Automating an inefficient process makes the waste faster and more expensive to change. Why Lean should come before automation, and how to simplify, standardise and stabilise a process so automation delivers its full value.

Lean office: speeding up quotes and orders
In many manufacturers, quotes and orders take longer to process than the products take to make. How Lean thinking cuts waiting, handoffs and rework in office processes, and speeds up response to customers.
More from Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain.
6 specialist servicesAsia Manufacturing & OEM Sourcing
Manufacture in China and Asia at a major cost advantage, without the risk.
Explore
6 specialist servicesManufacturing Transfer
Move production without losing quality, supply or customers.
Explore
6 specialist servicesGreenfield Manufacturing & Ramp-Up
New factories designed lean from day one, and ramped up fast.
ExploreLet’s turn your next idea into a market-ready product.
Whether it’s a bold new product, a strategy that needs sharpening or an operation that should be doing more, a conversation with a senior consultant is the fastest way to find out what’s possible.
- Free initial consultation with a senior engineer
- Response within one business day
- Confidentiality and NDA available on request
Prefer to give us the full picture? Use the detailed project enquiry form
