Supply Chain Network Design

Supply Chain Network Design

We help companies design supply chain networks that are aligned with business strategy and fit for future growth. By combining advanced modelling with practical supply chain expertise, we support decisions on production footprint, warehouse locations, transport flows, inventory positioning and service strategies.

Our approach enables clients to evaluate scenarios on cost, service, resilience and carbon emissions, and translate insights into concrete implementation choices. Whether the question is about redesigning a European logistics network, optimizing a manufacturing footprint or building an internal network design capability, we help make complex choices manageable.

A robust and future-fit supply chain network

A robust and future-fit supply chain network is essential to deliver the right service at the right cost. We help companies translate business strategy into an optimal supply chain footprint by designing and validating network scenarios across production, warehousing, inventory and transportation.

Using data-driven modelling and scenario analysis, we support decision-making on questions such as: where to produce, store and distribute, how to balance cost and service, and how to improve resilience and sustainability across the end-to-end supply chain. Our approach combines advanced modelling capabilities with deep supply chain expertise, so outcomes are not only analytically sound, but also practical and implementable.

What we help our clients with

  • Network footprint design and optimization
  • Distribution network design
  • Manufacturing and repair footprint optimization
  • Warehouse location and capacity decisions
  • Inventory and transport trade-off analysis
  • Service, cost and resilience scenario modelling
  • Carbon emissions integrated in network scenarios
  • Building in-house or hybrid network design capabilities

Our approach

We start from the business strategy and translate this into clear network design questions and evaluation criteria. From there, we analyse the current network, segment products and market requirements, and build a baseline and reference model. We then develop and test high-impact scenarios and compare them on cost, margin, service, resilience and carbon emissions.
Our role goes beyond modelling. We help clients interpret outcomes, make trade-offs explicit, and convert insights into concrete recommendations and an implementation roadmap. We also support companies in sustaining the capability after the initial project, for example through an outsourced, hybrid or in-house Centre of Excellence setup.

Why Involvation

  • Strong combination of modelling expertise and supply chain knowledge
  • Hands-on, collaborative approach with client teams
  • Tool-agnostic, with experience in leading network design solutions
  • Focus on business decisions, not black-box analytics
  • Ability to include sustainability and resilience in the analysis
  • Explicit attention to capability transfer and long-term adoption

 

Menno Rustenburg

 

 

That is Involvation. Driven by possibilities!

Want to know more? Please contact Menno Rustenburg via m.rustenburg@involvation.com.

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