Supply chain consultants who design and deliver the change.
What our supply chain consulting covers
- Network and footprint design - warehouse, production and distribution locations modelled to demand
- Inventory strategy - service-level driven stock policy, ABC and safety stock
- Logistics and freight - carrier benchmarking, mode selection, lane optimisation
- S&OP and demand planning - the operating rhythm that keeps everything else honest
- Supplier resilience - dual-sourcing, nearshoring and continuity planning
How our supply chain consultants work
Every engagement starts with a diagnostic - two to three weeks of data, interviews and quick modelling to size the opportunity. From there we scope discrete workstreams, each with a clear commercial target and an owner.
Where the work is execution-heavy see our supply chain optimisation service, which pairs the strategy with hands-on delivery.
Sectors
- Manufacturing and industrial
- Consumer goods, retail and e-commerce
- Distribution and wholesale
- Healthcare and life sciences
Practitioner checklist
Free download: Supply Chain Cost Reduction Checklist
A 45-item working checklist across baseline data, category review, supplier and contract actions, logistics, demand, resilience and governance. Built for UK mid-market operators.
For related reading, see how we consolidate fragmented supplier bases without concentrating risk and our approach to building supply chain resilience without carrying excess inventory.
Cost analysis underpins most supply chain decisions we make. We break the price into materials, labour, overhead and margin so the negotiation is about cost drivers, not goodwill. See how we build a should-cost model.
Frequently asked questions
What is supply chain consulting?
Supply chain consulting helps organisations design and improve how goods and services move from supplier to customer. That covers network design, inventory strategy, logistics, S&OP and supplier resilience. Caventis works across all of it, focused on cost, service and risk in equal measure.
How do supply chain consultants deliver value?
Good supply chain consultants combine data analysis with practical operator experience. At Caventis we baseline current cost-to-serve, model alternatives, then run the change - not just recommend it. Savings typically land 10-20% of addressed spend within 6-9 months.
Do you provide supply chain consultant services in the UK?
Yes. Caventis is a UK-based supply chain consultancy. We work with UK mid-market and PE-backed businesses across manufacturing, distribution, retail and industrial sectors.
About Caventis
Caventis (Caventis Ltd, registered in England & Wales, company number 17158263) is a UK procurement, supply chain and cost reduction consultancy. It works with mid-market and PE-backed businesses to identify and deliver savings across procurement, operations and back-office spend, typically on a shared-savings basis where the majority of the fee is tied to realised, P&L-verified outcomes.
The firm was founded by Matt Buckley (MCIPS, Cranfield MBA, FCMI Chartered Manager), who leads every engagement personally, drawing on 15+ years of procurement, supply chain and cost transformation experience at bp and General Motors. Caventis is headquartered in the United Kingdom and serves clients nationwide.
Design a lower-cost, more resilient supply chain.
A Caventis supply chain diagnostic sizes the opportunity in 2-3 weeks.