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Logistics & Supply Chain Consulting

We provide end-to-end logistics and supply chain management support to businesses throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. Our bespoke approach means that we provide expertise that’s based on 15 years of helping clients coupled with the acknowledgement that every client has its unique challenges. This is why our clients choose us for their supply chain consulting support.

About our service

Expert supply chain consultants

Supply chain consultancy focuses on creating efficient, resilient, and cost-effective logistics networks tailored to your business needs. Our experts provide comprehensive services; strategy development, network design and implementation, ensuring your supply chain operates at peak performance.

All our projects start with a discovery, understanding your goals and challenges. We analyse your current operations, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop customised solutions to enhance service levels and reduce costs. We help you navigate complex supply chain challenges, adapt to market changes, and achieve sustainable growth.

What is supply chain consulting?

Supply chains are more complex than ever due to global trends, shifting market dynamics, and increasingly fragmented and volatile demand. These factors, and more, are driving logistics organisations to adapt, become more agile, and seek advice. The challenge businesses face is how to keep up-to-date with changes whilst managing business-as-usual. That’s where we come in.

At Hatmill, our supply chain consultants work with you to develop solutions to transportation and logistics issues to improve business operations, save money, and reduce risk. We’re experts in the delivery of robust, resilient, long-term supply chain solutions. We understand supply chain challenges and are here to help you overcome them with experience, expertise and a commitment to implementable solutions.

Process & considerations

The Hatmill approach to supply chain consultancy

Developing and delivering a well-researched supply chain strategy fit for the future can be hard when change happens so fast, but our experts are on hand to help you tackle any issues you’ve come across in business. Here’s how we’ll do it:

Supply chain assessment & benchmarking

We’ll start by evaluating your current supply chain operations to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities. Benchmarking against industry standards, we provide a clear picture of where improvements can be made to drive efficiency, performance and capacity

Inventory management & optimisation

We’ll analyse your inventory processes to develop optimal stock levels, reducing holding costs while maintaining service levels. This includes strategies for demand forecasting, just-in-time inventory, and minimising waste.

Supplier relationship management

We’ll evaluate your supplier network to enhance collaboration, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Our strategies focus on building strong, transparent relationships that support your business goals and improve overall supply chain resilience.

Process streamlining & automation

We’ll streamline your supply chain processes through automation and best practices. By identifying areas for improvement, we help reduce manual tasks, minimise errors, and accelerate workflow, ensuring a more efficient and responsive supply chain.

Risk management & compliance

We’ll develop robust risk management strategies to safeguard your supply chain against disruptions. This includes ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards, reducing vulnerabilities, and enhancing overall supply chain resilience.

Technology integration & data analytics

We’ll integrate advanced technologies and data analytics into your supply chain operations. Leveraging real-time data and predictive analytics, we provide insights and tools to optimise performance, improve decision-making, and drive continuous improvement.

“Throughout our time working with Hatmill, I have remained impressed with the organisation, focus and tenacity of the team, and they have been instrumental in helping our organisation reach some critical decision points. The team are engaging, personable and a pleasure to work with.”

– Phil Wright, Head of Logistics, Greggs

Designing your supply chain strategy

We work with you and your teams to understand your business strategy and values, growth plan, and aspirations. We also evaluate your customer proposition and competitive advantage and develop strategic supply chain objectives that support and align with your business strategy.

Supply chain ESG considerations

As part of our supply chain consulting services, we’ll also review your ESG policies and practices, identifying areas where you can reduce your carbon footprint. We’ll develop practical, implementable actions that make a genuine improvement to your ESG impact.

FAQs

What should you know?

  • Supply chain consultants advise businesses that utilise transport and logistics services within their operations. Helping them with all kinds of services from production planning to demand estimation, procurement, inventory management, and warehouse design, supply chain consultants streamline the supply chain, helping to reduce costs, improve efficiency and support business growth.

  • Employing an outside team to optimise and consult on your supply chain operations will provide a fresh perspective. Our team of over 60 supply chain consultants has the experience to help you solve supply chain problems – we will have seen similar challenges before.  Companies that seek external supply chain advice also gain access to vast expertise, which can increase efficiency, speed up turnaround times, and ultimately generate more profit.

  • Lost sales, high operational costs, and a lack of collaboration across a business are key problems in supply chain planning. At Hatmill, we help combat all these issues through our approach to developing effective supply chains. Our experts will analyse your operations, identify inefficiencies, and implement tailored solutions to enhance performance, reduce costs, and foster better collaboration across your business.

Case studies

Our work

The UK’s Covid vaccination programme was an incredible success. What most people didn’t see is what went on behind the scenes to build a first-of-its-kind national supply and distribution network from scratch in just a matter of weeks. The new supply chain needed to span 7 regions, 29 integrated care systems, 223 NHS trusts and 1500 primary care networks.

Led by the NHSE team, 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. We provided strategic advice about the design, demand planning and delivery of this national priority, which was to be the key that unlocked the pandemic’s grip on the nation.

This brand-new supply chain was designed in an extraordinarily short time and deployed in just five weeks. We’re proud Hatmill was on the team central to delivering this phenomenal achievement.

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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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