You may recognize some of these.
These are the signals that come up most often when growth outpaces the way supply chain decisions are made.
- 1
Forecasting gets harder
More products, channels and customers make demand harder to read, and forecasts in one place no longer match operations plans in another.
- 2
Inventory grows, service does not
Stock keeps rising, yet stockouts continue: overall overstock alongside local stockouts, because stock is allocated out of habit.
- 3
Planning is reactive
The same crisis meeting, month after month. Decisions are made under pressure instead of prepared in advance.
- 4
Data is fragmented
Planners spend their time reconciling reports and spreadsheets instead of managing the exceptions that matter.
- 5
More suppliers and markets
The chain has grown more complex or more international, and risk management and distribution rules have not kept pace.
- 6
Costs rise faster than the business
Logistics and cost-to-serve climb with no clear explanation, as the sum of many uncoordinated local trade-offs.
Who we usually work with.
We work with growing manufacturing and distribution SMEs across Europe, where sales and production decisions are made by different people and coordination has become too complex to stay informal.
You do not need to be a large company. What matters is that supply chain complexity is catching up with growth, and that leadership wants to decide on a shared plan rather than react.
Profile details
- Manufacturing and distribution companies
- Growing SMEs across Europe
- Work in English, French and German
Start with a Supply Chain Health Check.
Two weeks, fixed price, from CHF 8,500. Top 3 priorities ranked by P&L impact, a 90-day plan, an executive summary. Not ready yet? Start with a free 45-minute session.