Supply Chain Strategy

A strong supply chain strategy isn’t just an asset — it’s essential. Today’s supply chain leaders need to sift through ever-growing amounts of data and take decisive actions to ensure the cost-effective and reliable on-time delivery of product. Supply chain leaders must be able to react to today’s problems and anticipate future challenges.  

L.E.K.’s Operations & Supply Chain team develops supply chain strategies that help companies achieve their goals. We bring tailored solutions supported by advanced analytics and digital twin modeling that help create a foundation for sustainable excellence. Our goal is to deliver more than point-in-time network changes but to also empower our clients to make better and quicker network decisions well into the future.

How we help:

Supply chain operating model

We help businesses transform their supply chain operating models by developing:

• Organizational structures and roles to improve operational scalability
• Cross-functional processes like SIOP, planning and order management for better coordination
• Governance frameworks and decision rights to enhance accountability and control
• Advanced supply chain systems and data infrastructure to drive visibility and analytics
• Talent capacity planning to ensure workforce readiness and operational efficiency

End-to-end supply chain effectiveness diagnostic

Our rapid assessment process evaluates supply chain effectiveness from supplier to customer and every step in-between. We analyze the biggest drivers of underperformance and identify opportunities to help businesses create value rapidly — without a full-scale network redesign.

Supply chain resilience assessments

We conduct a comprehensive review to quantify risks from unexpected disruptions like natural disasters, tariffs, pandemics or critical component shortages. We provide an intuitive method to weigh options and trade-offs. Our approach helps prioritize investments to protect against what-if scenarios and improve long-term resilience.

Supply chain simplification

Simplifying your supply chain means reducing structural complexity, improving transparency and streamlining processes. Our approach balances financial objectives, commercial strategies and supply chain performance improvement to build the playbook to eliminate “bad complexity” and manage “good complexity.”