Consultancy
Your customer experience should reflect your business strategy and value proposition, for the cost that your business plan expects.
Your supply chain is how the customer experience is delivered.
If your customer’s aren’t getting what they want at the time they want it for the cost your business expects, then our Consultancy services can help.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
OPTIMISING YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN
Your supply chain is more than a process – it’s the engine that creates, delivers, and presents your products or services to customers.
At Slater Austin, we specialise in building supply chains that deliver superior performance and a competitive advantage. Our consultancy solutions enable businesses to operate and procure strategically, ethically, efficiently and sustainably.
Whether you need to address strategic supply chain issues, such as aligning your supply chain with business goals, or tactical challenges, like supplier performance management or reducing logistics costs, Slater Austin is your trusted expert.
Our supply chain graphic helps our clients frame the issues that are most important to them. Pain points and improvement areas will exist somewhere on this framework.
Differentiation V Price
Insource V Outsource
OUR APPROACH
At Slater Austin, we believe in building strong partnerships with our clients, often working directly with board members to develop a deep understanding of their business.
Depending on the size and sector of your organisation, we act as either:
- The supply chain expert, within your company, or
- An extension of your operational team, particularly when implementing change programmes and projects.
Our approach means that we have an intimate knowledge of the businesses we work with, and add immediate value to the task in hand, whenever called upon. We are engaged as part of the client team on a retained or project basis. Our fees are based on time spent, on results delivered, or on a hybrid of both.
EXAMPLES OF OUR EXPERTISE
Creating Effective Supply Chain Strategies
- Aligning Supply Chain Strategy to Business Strategy
- Network Strategy and Design
- Innovating in the Supply Chain
- Lean v Agile approaches and decisions
- Insource v Outsource evaluation
Optimising Supply Chain Operations
- Demand Planning and Forecasting
- MRP and Production Planning
- Lean Six-Sigma approaches
- Automation
- Warehouse Management
- Resource Planning: DILO and working patterns
- Route Planning and Telematics
- Final Mile Logistics
- Supplier (Partner) Management
- Fleet Management
Boosting Supply Chain Performance
- Efficiency Improvement
- Service Improvement
- Performance Optimisation
- Waste Reduction
- Inventory Reduction
Driving Procurement Excellence
- Ethical Sourcing
- Tendering
- Negotiation
- Contracting
- Supplier Relationship and Contract Management
- Lifecycle Management
Case Studies
At Slater Austin, our consultancy work speaks for itself. We have helped businesses across a range of industries transform their supply chains, achieve measurable efficiencies and realise their strategic goals.
- Sector-Specific Challenges: Insights into the unique issues faced by businesses in industries such as retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics.
- Customised Solutions: How we tailored our approach to deliver impactful results for each client.
- Proven Outcomes: Quantifiable benefits, such as cost savings, efficiency gains, and sustainability improvements.
Improve Supply Chain Performance – Denmaur
With annual revenues exceeding £100 million, Denmaur is one of the largest independent paper merchants in the UK. The company distinguishes itself through its commitment to competitive pricing and reliable next-day delivery nationwide, with sustainability remaining a central component of
Retail Logistics Start-Up – Fowler Welch
Slater Austin has delivered a range of successful projects in partnership with Fowler Welch, a specialist in chilled logistics and now part of the Culina Group. Slater Austin supported Fowler Welch on an exciting initiative to supply ambient, chilled, and
UK Fulfilment Centre Launch – Victor Stationery
Victor Stationery is a leading supplier of exercise books to schools across the United Kingdom and beyond. Producing over 50 million books and pads annually, from a 100% sustainable European forest supply, is not a simple feat. For decades, Victor
Discover Our Free Supply Chain Reviews
At Slater Austin, we do not charge to get to know our customers’ supply chains. We believe in understanding your supply chain before proposing solutions. That’s why Slater Austin offers a series of free supply chain reviews based on our proven supply chain framework.
Our reviews help identify key areas for improvement, creating actionable insights and tangible change programmes.
Supply Chain Review
- Report and analysis on the current supply chain set-up:
- alignment to business and supply chain strategy
- compared to industry standards
- compared to competition
- Programme of improvements with expected gains in cost and service
- Benchmark against similar sector companies
Procurement Review
- Report and analysis of current procurement operations and effectiveness:
- alignment to business strategy
- in all elements of the Procurement Cycle
- Programme of improvements with expected gains in cost, performance and resilience
- Benchmark against similar sector companies
Process Review
- Report on the appropriateness and efficiency of systems and processes, highlighting:
- Any of the 5 areas of waste from the lean supply chain model
- Areas that prevent the supply chain strategy from being realised
- Programme of improvements with expected gains in cost and performance, including highlighting the role of technology and automation
- Benchmark against similar sector companies
