Clarity before change.
Decisions you can defend.
Supply chain strategy, modelling and diagnostics for mid-sized manufacturers, distributors, retailers and private equity portfolios. Clear answers, a costed plan and a team that can see it through.
Sound familiar?
If any of this describes where you are, we should talk.
Owner-led and mid-sized businesses
You know costs are too high or stock is too heavy, but not exactly where, why, or what to fix first.
Larger, more complex operations
Several sites, networks and systems that don’t talk to each other, and working capital that keeps creeping up.
Private equity and investors
You need operational value and cash release you can underwrite, before the deal and in the first 100 days.
Our services.
Strategy, modelling and diagnostics.
All servicesSupply chain diagnostic
A structured look at how your supply chain makes and loses money, built from your own data.
More →Network design and modelling
Where your sites, stock and suppliers should be, modelled and costed before you commit.
More →Cost and procurement strategy
Where to save, what to renegotiate and how to buy better.
More →Operating model design
How your supply chain should be organised, governed and measured.
More →Operational due diligence and value creation
For investors: the operational upside and risk in a target or portfolio company.
More →Decarbonisation and sustainable design
Cut the footprint of the supply chain you have today, and design what comes next to be lower-impact from the start, without compromising performance or margin.
More →Four steps. One outcome.
A clear sequence from first conversation to lasting result.
Listen
We understand the business, the pressure you’re under and what a good outcome looks like.
Diagnose
We build a baseline from your own numbers, not generic benchmarks.
Model
We model the realistic choices, with cost, service and risk side by side.
Plan
A prioritised, costed plan and, if you want it, a route to delivery within the group.
Different by design.
How we work, compared with the way it’s usually done.
How it works| Feature | Waterfront Advisory | Typical consultancy |
|---|---|---|
| Senior people do the work | Always | Often delegated |
| Built on your own data | Yes | Sometimes |
| A costed, prioritised plan | Always | Varies |
| Can carry through to delivery | Yes, within the group | Rarely |
| Advice stays independent of who delivers | Always | Not always |
Partners who power our work.
Technology partners we use across the Waterfront group, so data and results carry from one company to the next.
Spend analytics and carbon management: supplier spend cleaned and classified, savings opportunities sized, and emissions tracked by supplier and category.
Spend and carbon baselines for diagnostics and Scope 3 work
Supply chain apps and AI agents for network design, transport, flow and inventory optimisation, and forecasting.
Network design and scenario modelling
Sustainability and risk reporting tools for small and mid-sized businesses, from carbon accounting and double materiality to VSME reports.
Sustainability reporting and double materiality
One relationship. The whole supply chain.
Waterfront Advisory works alongside its sister companies, so you can start with one problem and draw on the wider group as you need it.
Want an honest view of where you stand?
Start with a conversation. We’ll tell you honestly whether there’s an opportunity worth pursuing.