Supply Chain Consulting
Build a supply chain network that balances cost, service, resilience, and growth.
Design a supply chain built for today's realities
Supply chain networks must continually adapt to changing customer expectations, sourcing strategies, transportation costs, and market conditions. Supply chain consulting can help organizations evaluate network design, improve service, reduce landed cost, strengthen resilience, and support long-term business objectives.
Our capabilities
Supply chain decisions affect every aspect of operations, from sourcing and inventory to transportation and customer service. Our supply chain consulting professionals help organizations evaluate network performance, model future-state scenarios, and develop practical strategies that support long-term business objectives.
Understanding how a supply chain network is performing is often the first step toward identifying opportunities for improvement. Network assessments provide a fact-based evaluation of costs, service levels, operational performance, and network effectiveness to support strategic decision-making. Capabilities include:
- Network performance assessments
- Cost-to-serve analysis
- Service level evaluations
- Operational benchmarking
- Supply chain maturity assessments
- Network diagnostic reviews
As organizations grow, expand into new markets or adapt to changing business conditions, network structures may need to evolve. Network design and optimization services help evaluate alternative operating models and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, service, performance, and resilience. Capabilities include:
- Distribution network design
- Facility footprint optimization
- Warehouse location analysis
- Site selection and location analysis
- Manufacturing and distribution alignment
- Service and cost trade-off modeling
- Facility rationalization planning
Inventory decisions directly influence working capital, customer service and operational performance. Developing an effective inventory strategy helps organizations position inventory appropriately across the network while balancing cost and service objectives. Capabilities include:
- Inventory positioning analysis
- Safety stock optimization
- Costing systems, process and control design
- Inventory segmentation strategies
- Labor and overhead rate modeling
- Strategic tax accounting
- Demand and supply alignment assessments
- Product, channel and customer profitability analysis
Transportation and logistics networks play a critical role in overall supply chain performance. Evaluating transportation strategies, distribution models, and logistics operations can help organizations improve efficiency, control costs, and support future growth. Capabilities include:
- Transportation network assessments
- Freight optimization strategies
- Distribution channel analysis
- Carrier and mode evaluation
- Logistics operating model reviews
- Transportation cost reduction opportunities
Supply chain decisions often extend beyond network design and operations. Our multidisciplinary team works across global trade, tax, technology, and risk advisory to help organizations navigate complex challenges, reduce costs, and align supply chain strategies with broader business objectives.
- Tariff and duty minimization
- Customs compliance consulting
- Site selection and location strategy
- Development advisory
- Nearshoring and reshoring assessments
- Transfer pricing and specialty tax
- Cybersecurity and risk advisory
- IFS Cloud implementation and optimization
Specialized supply chain expertise
Through our collaboration with St. Onge, organizations gain access to specialized supply chain design, operational improvement, and engineering capabilities that complement Baker Tilly's supply chain consulting, advisory, tax, and global trade experience.
Build a supply chain that supports performance and growth
Supply chain consulting brings together strategy, network design, and operational insight to improve efficiency, customer service, and long-term business performance. A well-designed supply chain helps organizations balance competing priorities while adapting to changing business needs.
