Network design · Flow · Fulfillment

Most consultants hand you a deck. I hand you the thing that fixes it.

One operator who finds where product and information actually move, redesigns the network, and builds the system to run it. No bench, no slide tax.

Free assessment + quote in 60s

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No email gate.

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  • Network design that names the real bottleneck
  • A number without a sales call
  • Built to run, not to present
  • One retainer, cancel any month

02 — Services

Five things I do.

Most jobs start as one of these and turn out to be another. Working out which one is usually the first week.

  1. 01

    Network design

    Where inventory sits, how many nodes you need, which lanes carry what, and where the DC should actually be. Most networks still run the shape they were given years ago, at volumes that have since moved.

    Deliverable node/lane map · scenario model · one move sized in dollars

  2. 02

    Flow & inventory planning

    Demand, stock, and the two failures that come out of the same hole: stockouts and dead stock. The forecast is rarely the problem. What happens to that number after it’s written usually is.

    Deliverable flow map · the three holes ranked · one closed before day 30

  3. 03

    Operational excellence

    The step nobody measures is the one costing money. I go and find it, put a number on it, and change it. Then I measure it again, because the first number is the argument and the second one is the proof.

    Deliverable process teardown · the measured fix · working capital released

  4. 04

    Data governance

    The data exists. The confidence does not. I build the bridge to the software that keeps the numbers honest, so the weekly meeting stops being a debate about whose spreadsheet is right.

    Deliverable source-of-truth audit · the dashboard that ends the argument

  5. 05

    Cross-border & tariff

    I work in Windsor, on the busiest commercial crossing in North America, in a live tariff environment. Landed cost moves month to month now, and the sourcing decision you made last year is a different decision this year.

    Deliverable exposure map · lane and sourcing options · landed-cost model

03 — The math

You were going to hire a unicorn. Rent one instead.

The role is two jobs: redesign the network, then build the system that runs it. People who do both are rare, and the ones who exist are already employed. Here is what each route costs.

A senior supply-chain hire compared with the monthly retainer
What is being compared A senior hire The retainer
All-in annual cost A senior hire $180k+ The retainer $5–8k/mo
Time to useful A senior hire A quarter The retainer Week one
Designs the network A senior hire Maybe The retainer Yes
Builds the system to run it A senior hire No The retainer Yes
If it isn’t working A senior hire Severance The retainer 30 days’ notice

If the answer is that you need a full-time hire, I will tell you that.

Free assessment + quote in 60s

04 — Free assessment

Eight questions. Then a number.

No call. No email gate. Answer eight questions and the number appears. If you want to talk after that, there is a form under it.

Where do I send it?

When do you want to start?

Your email comes to me and nobody else. I use it to reply about this call — no list, no forwarding.

Or skip the form: blake@thepaulsorganization.com