supply chain
Supply Chain Planning
Connecting strategy, coordination, and execution for seamless supply chains.
Guiding Complex Networks with Expertise
Supply chain planning can be complex, but at EAL our expertise ensures clarity, efficiency, and resilience. Supply chains are intricate networks of companies, people, resources, systems, and information — and the potential for disconnects or sub‑optimisation across these elements is significant. Effective planning is therefore essential.
Our consultants bring decades of experience to help businesses optimise supply chains at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. We integrate customer service, order processing, warehousing, transportation, and inventory with the processes that connect them — including forecasting, supply scheduling, capacity planning, production scheduling, inventory management, and logistics network design.
By aligning these functions, we deliver supply chains that are cohesive, efficient, and future‑ready, enabling organisations to reduce risk, improve service, and achieve sustainable growth.
Our approach
Supply Chain Planning Processes
Our supply chain consultants have a wealth of experience in all aspects of planning efficient and effective supply chains; from designing distribution centres through to aligning strategy and operations with S&OP platforms, our consulting team can help you with
1. Inventory Optimisation
Inventory is often one of the most expensive assets a company owns and all inventory should be justified and optimised. We can deliver the modelling, process and implementation of an efficient and optimised inventory policy, helping you to improve service and reduce working capital. Our team are experts in inventory optimisation, working with both SMEs and major international corporations. We know exactly how to balance inventory cost with service and get the right inventory levels at the right points in the supply chain. If you’re struggling with slow moving and obsolete stock or inventory levels that are generally too high then read more about how we can help you on our inventory optimisation section.
2. Demand Forecasting
Our team can build robust and dynamic statistical models for generating sales forecasts and we can support that with the development of processes to ensure the forecast has cross-functional approval. Read more about demand forecasting.
3. Production Planning
Many businesses operate with legacy ERP systems that either do not have production planning functionality, or the functionality is not comprehensive enough. Our supply chain consultants are able to both map and design required planning processes, from strategic S&OP down to production schedule execution, and also develop tools to facilitate these processes. You can read more about our service in the production planning section.
4. Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
We have extensive experience of designing and implementing S&OP, with an industry proven 5 step approach. Read more about our S&OP consultancy.
5. Logistics Network Design
Our consultants can optimise and help integrate acquisitions into existing logistics networks. From facility location decisions through to fleet profiling and route optimisation. Read more about our logistics network design consultancy.
6. Logistics Outsourcing
Our team of experts can manage the full outsourcing process for you. From building a business case for outsourcing through to full tender management and supporting contract arrangement. Read more about our logistics outsourcing consultancy.
7. Transport Routing
Inefficient transport routes impact both service and cost. Our consulting team can, through systems driven analysis, determine the optimal fleet profile and transport routes for any trunking or delivery operation. Read more about our transport consultancy.
8. Warehouse Design
Efficient warehouse and distribution centre facilities are critical in any supply chain. Incorrect layouts, racking configurations and MHE selection can have a dramatic impact to labour efficiency, throughput, storage and operating costs. Our team have decades of experience both optimising existing facilities and designing brand new facilities. Read more about our warehouse design consultancy.