Services
Supply chain consulting
We are a supply chain consulting firm specialized in mining and energy. We diagnose how your procurement runs today, find where value is being lost and build a roadmap prioritized by impact — with your operation’s data, not templates.
When do you need supply chain consulting?
When procurement costs grow faster than production, when stockouts stop the mine, or when nobody can say with certainty how much is spent per category and with which suppliers. Also when the organization follows every process yet the chain “moves without advancing”: long purchasing cycles, inventories inflated as a precaution and decisions piling up without an owner.
In large-scale mining these signals often coexist with world-class systems and professionals. The problem is rarely a lack of tools: it is the lack of an external, end-to-end view connecting processes, data and organizational behavior.
How we work
We start with an on-site diagnosis: interviews, transactional data and direct observation of the operation. From that we build an honest baseline — spend per category, real cycle times, process gaps — and define with your team a strategic plan with initiatives prioritized by impact and effort.
The result is not a report for the drawer: it is a roadmap with owners, deadlines and verifiable goals your organization can execute with or without us. If you choose to have us alongside during implementation, we track the plan with management control and measured KPIs.
The results we aim for
Structural reduction of procurement costs (not one-off savings), shorter purchasing cycles, inventories sized to real needs, better contracts with the right suppliers, and a procurement function that stops being a bottleneck and becomes a competitive advantage.
Includes
- Process diagnosis
- KPI and metrics definition
- Spend analysis and control
- Category management
- Supplier evaluation
Frequently asked questions
How long does a supply chain diagnosis take?
It depends on scope, but a typical diagnosis of a mining operation takes 4 to 8 weeks, including field work, data analysis and building the prioritized roadmap.
Do you only work with large mining companies?
No. We work with mining and energy companies and industry suppliers of different sizes. The method adapts to the size of the operation; the rigor is the same.
What do you need from our team to start?
Access to purchasing and inventory transactional data, and availability of key people for interviews. We embed with your team and work on site — we do not operate remotely on assumptions.
Shall we talk about your supply chain?
Tell us your challenge and we will propose a concrete path. The first conversation is free and without commitment.