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End-to-End Supply Chain Review

With markets changing at a rapid pace, it’s hard to judge how your supply chain is performing, and how much headroom you have for growth. Through our supply chain review process we’ll help you to review and benchmark your supply chain operations to drive business growth.

About our service

Expert end-to-end supply chain consulting

We’ll  review  your current supply chain and logistics network and develop alternatives, conducting ‘what if’ scenario planning across a 5-10 year timeframe to help you understand what capacity you have to support volume growth.

Our review will provide answers to big supply chain questions such as:

  • Is my current supply chain cost-efficient?
  • Am I paying more or less than competitors for things such as packaging, warehousing, transport, shipping and returns?
  • What are the short, medium and long-term opportunities for cost savings?
  • How do we compare with similar companies in our industry?
  • What could we be investing in to reduce costs?

What is an end-to-end supply chain review?

An end-to-end supply chain review is a comprehensive analysis of your entire supply chain, from raw materials to the final product delivery. This review identifies inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement across all stages of the supply chain. 

By examining procurement, production, inventory management, transportation, and distribution, it provides actionable insights to optimise processes, reduce costs, and enhance overall performance. An end-to-end supply chain review ensures that every component of your supply chain operates harmoniously, driving better efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

Process & considerations

The Hatmill approach to end-to-end supply chain reviews

Our expert consultants will support your supply chain project from start to finish. We’ll assess your entire supply chain, identify inefficiencies, and implement tailored strategies to optimise every component. Here’s how we’ll do it and what we’ll consider:

Initial assessment & goal setting

We’ll begin with a comprehensive evaluation of your current supply chain. From this we’ll identify key performance metrics, goals, and areas for improvement based on business objectives and industry benchmarks. This step sets the foundation and direction for the rest of the review process.

Data collection & analysis

We’ll gather data across all supply chain functions and utilise advanced analytics to analyse this data, identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and potential cost-saving opportunities.

Mapping & visualisation

We’ll create a visual map of your entire supply chain network, illustrating flows from suppliers to customers. This mapping helps visualise dependencies, lead times, and critical pathways, highlighting opportunities to improve.

Gap analysis & benchmarking

We’ll carry out a  gap analysis to compare current performance against industry best practices and benchmarks. This will identify opportunities and allow us to prioritise areas requiring immediate attention to align with strategic goals and improve competitiveness.

Strategic recommendations & solutions design

Based on findings, we’ll then develop tailored recommendations and solutions to address identified gaps and opportunities. This may involve changing network flows, redesigning processes, optimising inventory levels, enhancing supplier relationships, or implementing new technologies.

Implementation planning & monitoring

We’ll then develop a phased implementation plan with clear milestones, responsibilities, and timelines. We’ll work alongside you, supporting the changes and minimising disruption. Progress will be monitored closely, making adjustments as needed to ensure successful execution of proposed changes and continuous improvement in supply chain performance.

“I have always found the team engaging, pragmatic and with a real focus on delivering agreed outputs. They have a wealth of knowledge within logistics and supply chain and importantly they really got to know Arco and understand our business. This combination has always led to high-quality output and delivery.”

– Neil Griffiths, Divisional Director – Logistics, Arco

On-site supply chain reviews

We’ll work on-site  to get to know you and your business.  We’ll meet with your teams and stakeholders to understand their views. We’ll bring together data, benchmarks and opinions to build an improvement plan between your team and ours.

Project team coordination and management

We will help you review the overall performance of your supply chain and logistics operation, and we can also help you design and deliver supply chain transformation, operational improvements and change. For example, creating a clear business case, engaging and consulting with stakeholders across your business, leading procurement activity and project managing any large-scale construction and fit-out work.

FAQs

What should you know?

  • Businesses have lots of money coming in and out so it’s easy to lose track of expenditure. There are many areas within your supply chain where you could be paying too much – packaging, warehousing, shipping and more. We’ll review these areas with you so you can make savings in the future.

  • Capital expenditures carry both benefits and risks. Capex can improve efficiency and help your business gain a competitive edge. However, if your business fails to perform as expected, you might regret those investments.  Our modelling shows you a range of ‘what-if’ scenarios so you can invest with greater knowledge and confidence.. 

    As part of our end-to-end supply chain review we’ll weigh up your options and provide recommendations based on your business model and current expenditure.

  • A well-designed supply chain can improve customer experience by reducing shipping costs and ensuring products arrive on time and in perfect condition. Providing faster, better, and more convenient experiences will help to leave a lasting impression with customers, and is likely to lead to further orders.

Case studies

Our work

With a surge in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), Hatmill was tasked with supporting the existing pandemic warehouse and then setting up a parallel supply chain network for future inbound products. We also had to make sure that the public purse got value for money.

What we achieved, working closely with partners across government, the military, the NHS, supply chain, and logistics, was the establishment of a brand-new supply chain, capable of delivering up to one billion units of PPE a week.

Read More about NHS England Covid Vaccine Supply Chain

Supply Chain

NHS England Covid Vaccine Supply Chain

Led by NHSE, and working with the DHSC, NHS logistics, Movianto, the military and a range of other suppliers, Hatmill was central to the success of the vaccination programme.

"“Hatmill played an instrumental role in supporting the launch and delivery of the PPE and Vaccine programmes, their operational guile and dedication to the cause was critical in the delivery of the operational elements of these programmes”" - Steven Gibb, Supply Chain Director – Vaccine Programme, NHS England

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