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Supply Chain Performance Transformation
After completing your supply chain maturity assessment, executing transformation at scale while maintaining operations is the critical next challenge. Our Supply Chain Performance Transformation teams—former Fortune 500 operators and top-management consultants—orchestrate implementation with flexible expert deployment, ensuring you have the right expertise at precisely the right time. Partner with Catalant to:
Approach
Execute Transformation with Flexible Expertise
01
Build implementation roadmap
Working from maturity assessment findings, develop comprehensive implementation roadmaps prioritized by business impact and feasibility. Establish governance frameworks with clear accountability and decision-making protocols for seamless execution.
02
Deploy expert teams
Assemble precisely-configured teams with skills needed for each phase. The flexible staffing model delivers senior expertise exactly when needed—scaling up for critical milestones and right-sizing during execution to optimize impact and investment.
03
Execute & transfer capabilities
Transformation specialists implement execution playbooks that standardize new processes. Through targeted coaching and knowledge transfer, build internal capabilities while deploying solutions, ensuring sustained improvements as expert support scales down.
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Supply Chain Performance Transformation in Action
Problem
A global automotive wheel casting manufacturer supplying major OEMs from their Mexico plant faced critical operational challenges. Poor on-time delivery and failing capacity were costing $500K per month in expedited freight and plant shutdown costs, with automotive OEMs charging $22K per minute in lost plant margin.
Action
Catalant deployed a flexible expert team that scaled from 3 diagnostic specialists to 6 during peak implementation, embedding Spanish-speaking schedulers on-site for 24/7 operations support. The structured 7-phase transformation included assessment, containment, systematic rollout, and governance through weekly huddles and monthly scorecards. Comprehensive capability building spanned executive workshops, Six Sigma training for management, and standardized work protocols for plant teams, with expert support transitioning to advisory roles as internal ownership was established.
Results
Delivered transformational performance improvements that:
- Reduced expedited freight costs by $2MM over 6 months
- Built internal capabilities through comprehensive training and knowledge transfer
- Established sustainable improvement mechanisms including preventive maintenance protocols and performance audits
- Created capital investment planning framework to future-proof capacity
- Scaled expert support from 6 to advisory-only as internal competency grew
Automotive Supplier Transformation
A $90M automotive brake supplier in rural Georgia struggled with poor on-time delivery (24%) and negative operating income (-17%). Catalant deployed flexible expert teams that scaled from core diagnostic specialists to include line supervisors, corporate analysts, and quality engineers based on implementation phases. The transformation established comprehensive governance through balanced scorecards, incentive alignment, and tiered huddle protocols while building internal capabilities through train-the-trainer modules and strategic outsourcing of non-core functions. Results delivered $9M increase in annual operating income with +12%, +64%, and +74% improvements in productivity, quality, and delivery as expert support transitioned from hands-on to coaching to full internal ownership.
Telecommunications Supply Chain Overhaul
A $13B telecommunications equipment manufacturer with aging processes, high forecast errors, and low inventory turns required complete planning function overhaul. Catalant deployed flexible expert teams that scaled from 7 specialists during requirements to 15 during implementation, then 8 for transition across a 20-month engagement. The transformation used a "2-in-a-box" model pairing process experts with internal managers, comprehensive training programs, and bi-weekly executive governance. Results delivered 20% inventory reduction, 22% on-time delivery improvement, and 60% planning cycle time reduction with successful transition to internal capability.
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Featured Experts
Featured Supply Chain Performance Transformation Experts
Ryan G.
Erwin H.
Ex-Peloton SVP and Accenture head of supply chain managed services
Leverages 25+ years of supply chain and operations expertise to deliver end-to-end transformation and managed services across industrials, consumer products, pharmaceutical, and high-tech industries.
Michael B.
Ex-Bain Principal and BCG team leader with F500 operating experience
Combines top-tier consulting methodology with hands-on operational experience at Koch and Georgia Pacific. Drives measurable performance improvements in complex manufacturing environments through 20+ years of strategy and supply chain transformation expertise.
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