Plan
Turn priorities into a clear operating plan.
Connect sales, operations, and supply plans into one agreed plan.
USC Consulting Group / Supply Chain
Material flow that supports the plan.
We bring purchasing, materials, and production into one planning rhythm so the right material arrives when the operation needs it.
The management operating system
How the eight disciplines apply to supply chain.
Every improvement runs through the same connected cycle. Here is what each discipline looks like in this part of the operation.
Schedule
Make the plan workable day to day.
Schedule production and logistics to the same demand signal.
Assign
Make ownership clear.
Make ownership clear at each handoff between functions and partners.
Execute
Understand how work actually gets done.
Follow orders and materials through the flow to see where they stall.
Follow Up
Keep commitments visible.
Track late orders and supplier issues to a clear resolution.
Report
Give people a useful view of performance.
Report service, inventory, and lead time in one shared view.
Analyze
Use evidence to understand what is driving results.
Find the root causes of shortages, expediting, and excess stock.
Improve
Turn what the team learns into better ways of working.
Tighten the planning cycle so the supply chain responds faster.
How we work
Built with your team, not about it.
Understand before recommending
Work from facts, live examples, and operational evidence
Involve the people who own the process
Build with the client, not about the client
Lead with curiosity, not diagnosis
Treat the review as learning, not auditing
05 / Supply Chain
Material flow that supports the plan.
We bring purchasing, materials, and production into one planning rhythm so the right material arrives when the operation needs it.
- The challenge
- Shortages stop lines while excess stock fills the warehouse. Suppliers, planners, and production each work to a different picture of demand.
- What USC does
- We align sales and operations planning, material requirements, and supplier follow-up into a shared cadence with clear owners and visible KPIs.
- What changes
- Fewer shortages and expedites, steadier schedules, and inventory sized to what the operation actually consumes.
How we measure progress:
- On-time in-full delivery
- Material shortages
- Inventory days on hand
Client results
Supply Chain case studies
Food & Beverage
$16Min annualized benefits, against a $3.5M target
Food manufacturer reaches $16M in annualized benefits in half the planned time
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Food & Beverage
$19.2Min annualized savings from warehousing and inventory control
Aquafeed producer saves $19.2M a year by taking warehouse operations in-house
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Food & Beverage
$3Min annualized savings from throughput, yield, labor and sourcing
Dessert manufacturer adds capacity and cuts $3M in annual cost without new capital
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Manufacturing
$10M+in annualized operating savings
API maker saves $10M+ a year after losing its largest customer
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Manufacturing
$500K+in aggregate sourcing savings
Cleaning products maker saves $500K+ by re-sourcing three spend categories
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Food & Beverage
$2Min corrugated packaging savings
Organic produce grower saves $2M by cutting corrugated packaging spend 22%
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Mining & Metals
$35Min implemented improvements
Steel mill delivers $35M in improvements with a new casting strategy
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Logistics
$1.5Min implemented savings from supplier collaboration
Business products distributor saves $1.5M and cuts spend 11% through supplier collaboration
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Aerospace & Defense
$750Kin working capital freed
Utility aircraft maker frees $750K in working capital by resetting supplier terms
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Manufacturing
$14Min savings from better inventory management
HVAC maker saves $14M through inventory management while meeting big-box service terms
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Food & Beverage
Repeat client$11.7Mreduction in operating expense
Feed producer cuts operating costs $11.7M in its sixth initiative with USC
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Aerospace & Defense
40%reduction in freight spend
Utility aircraft maker cuts its multi-million-dollar freight spend 40%
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Manufacturing
10%reduction in direct cost per pound
Chemical batch processor cuts direct cost per pound 10% and raises throughput 30%
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Aerospace & Defense
6%increase in aircraft availability
Helicopter operator raises fleet availability and dispatch reliability 6%
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Manufacturing
27%increase in throughput
Skin care maker raises throughput 27% ahead of new product launches
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Aerospace & Defense
30%improvement in discrepancy repair performance
Military aircraft maintainer improves discrepancy repair performance 30%
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Mining & Metals
66%increase in equipment availability