Supply Chain Assessment
$2,500 one-time
- 2–3 week review of your suppliers, costs, and inventory
- Written action plan with prioritized savings opportunities
Services
Supply chain help sized to where your business is today.
Ongoing fractional leadership, core supply chain management, California packaging compliance (SB 54 / SB 343), or a focused sourcing and cost project. Each one starts with a free 30-minute call.
Ongoing
Fractional Supply Chain & Procurement Leadership
A senior supply chain leader on your team for a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Ideal for food, agriculture, and consumer-products companies that have outgrown ad-hoc purchasing but aren’t ready for a full-time executive.
What’s included
- Ownership of supplier relationships, purchasing, and vendor performance (scorecards and quarterly reviews)
- Demand and supply planning cadence: forecasts, reorder points, safety stock, and a monthly S&OP meeting
- Purchasing controls: approval rules, PO process, and spend visibility
- Logistics and 3PL oversight: carrier mix, freight audit, warehouse performance
- Supplier negotiations and contract renewals
- Supplier risk review and back-up sourcing for critical items
- A simple KPI dashboard and monthly written report to ownership
- Coaching and development for your purchasing and operations staff
What you can expect
- Fewer stockouts and rush orders, and less cash tied up in inventory
- Better terms from suppliers and carriers, backed by data
- Repeatable processes your team can run, documented and handed over
- A clear supply chain roadmap that supports your growth plan
Foundation
Core Supply Chain Management
The everyday disciplines that decide whether you have the right product, in the right place, at the right cost. Built on the body of knowledge behind the CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management) credential and years of running a real supply chain, scaled to a small or mid-size business.
What we can work on
- Demand planning & forecasting: a simple, repeatable forecast your team trusts
- Inventory management: ABC analysis, safety stock, reorder points, and inventory turns
- Strategic sourcing & supplier management: supplier selection, scorecards, and back-up sources
- Procurement & negotiation: PO controls, contracts, and data-backed negotiations
- Logistics & distribution: carrier mix, freight spend, 3PL and warehouse performance
- Sales & operations planning (S&OP): one monthly plan for sales, purchasing, and operations
- Cost reduction & total cost of ownership: decisions based on landed and lifetime cost, not unit price
- Risk management & resilience: single-source exposure, lead-time risk, and contingency plans
- KPIs & metrics: a short dashboard: fill rate, forecast accuracy, turns, on-time delivery, cost
Fixed fee · New
Sustainability & Packaging (SB 54 / SB 343): Packaging Compliance Readiness
California’s packaging producer responsibility law (SB 54) and truth-in-labeling law (SB 343) now affect many small and mid-size food, produce, CPG, e-commerce, and distribution businesses that sell into the state. This engagement turns a confusing set of rules into a clean packaging data set, a clear answer on what applies to you, and a practical plan.
Deliverables
- Packaging inventory & data collection: SKU-level list of packaging components, materials, and weights, organized for California reporting categories
- Producer & covered-material determination: which products you are the “producer” for, which packaging is covered, and which exemptions or exclusions may apply (small producer, on-farm agricultural, de minimis)
- PRO registration & reporting readiness: Circular Action Alliance / CalRecycle registration status, supply-data reporting templates, and a fee estimate using the published rate schedule
- SB 343 label & claim review: chasing-arrows symbols, “recyclable” wording, and how-to-recycle instructions on your artwork, flagged for review
- Source-reduction & supplier roadmap: right-sizing, lightweighting, material switches, reusable options, and qualified packaging suppliers, with cost impact
- A written readout with owners, dates, and a compliance calendar
Read the plain-language guide to SB 54 and SB 343 →
Prefer to do it yourself? The SB 54 Compliance Playbook for California Food & Agricultural Producers: 22-page guide plus a 6-tab Excel data file template with a fee exposure estimator. $149.
Get the PlaybookProject
Sourcing, Contract Negotiation & Logistics Cost Reduction
Focused projects with a clear start, finish, and deliverable. They suit companies that need a specific result: a new supplier, a better contract, or a lower freight bill.
Typical projects
- Spend analysis: where your money goes and where the savings opportunities are
- Supplier sourcing & qualification: find, vet, and onboard new or back-up suppliers for ingredients, packaging, and materials
- RFQ/RFP management: build the bid package, run the competitive process, and compare offers on total cost
- Contract negotiation: pricing, terms, service levels, and risk clauses with suppliers, carriers, and 3PLs
- Freight & 3PL bids: lane analysis, carrier and broker bids, and warehouse provider selection
- Import and customs basics: landed-cost modeling and process review for international suppliers
Deliverables
- Baseline cost analysis and savings opportunity summary
- Bid packages, supplier comparisons, and recommendation memo
- Negotiated agreements ready for your signature
- Implementation checklist so the savings show up on your P&L
Pricing
Packages & pricing
Clear, published pricing. Start with a one-time assessment, or bring on fractional leadership right away.
Fractional Advisor
$3,000 /month
- About 6–8 hours per week
- Monthly KPI review
- Supplier and contract support
- Email access between meetings
Fractional Director
$5,500 /month
- About 12–15 hours per week
- Runs sourcing and negotiations
- Leads vendor meetings and supply planning
- Acts as your part-time head of supply chain
Monthly packages have a 3-month minimum. Packaging Compliance Readiness (SB 54 / SB 343) is a separate fixed-fee project, quoted after a free 30-minute call. Core supply chain management · Learn about SB 54 / SB 343.
Let’s talk about your supply chain.
Book a free, no-obligation 30-minute call. You’ll leave with a clear read on where to focus first, whether or not we work together.