File 01 · Diagnostic

Supply Chain & Operations Diagnostic

Objectify the breaking points of your chain before investing: flows, data, processes, inventory, interfaces and governance put under scrutiny, then turned into a realistic roadmap.

NatureQuantified assessment
ScopeEnd to end
Natural next stepPrioritized roadmap

Your challenges

What the diagnostic puts on the table.

Symptoms are visible; their causes hide in the linkages. The diagnostic works back from one to the other, evidence in hand.

E.01

Deciding without a fact base

Trade-offs rest on experience and gut feel, for lack of a consolidated view of real flows, costs and lead times.

E.02

Hidden costs piling up

Rush orders, double handling, disputes, dormant stock: diffuse losses no report ever consolidates.

E.03

Past assessments that went nowhere

Audits have been done before, but their conclusions were never turned into sequenced, tracked actions.

E.04

Diluted ownership

When a problem crosses several departments, nobody truly owns it, so it keeps coming back.

Our approach

Four movements, from facts to an action plan.

The diagnostic runs the first two steps of the Kvantis method, Diagnose then Prioritize, with a readout designed for decision-making.

Phase 1

Collect and clean

Extract data from your systems, clean it and cross-check it against observed reality.

Phase 2

Analyze and quantify

Map the flows, measure the pain points and reconstruct the hidden costs.

Phase 3

Confront with the field

Validate every finding with the teams who live the problem daily.

Phase 4

Read out and prioritize

Deliver a clear reading, quick wins and a sequenced roadmap.

Deliverables

The exhibits handed over at close.

Every exhibit is built to be used without us: sourced, documented, actionable.

Exhibit A

Flow and interface map

The complete picture of your chain: physical flows, information flows, breaking points and grey zones between departments.

Exhibit B

Quantified pain-point analysis

Every dysfunction identified, priced in economic impact and traced to its root cause.

Exhibit C

Immediately actionable quick wins

The fast-payback actions that launch without heavy investment, with their playbook.

Exhibit D

Transformation roadmap

The sequence of priority workstreams, their prerequisites, decision milestones and success indicators.

Expected benefits

What actually changes.

The same topic, seen before and after the diagnostic. Toggle to compare.

Decisions rest on experience and gut feel
Assessments sleep inside slide decks
Priorities shift with every new emergency
Hidden costs stay invisible and recurring
A fact base shared across every function
A sequenced roadmap owned by leadership
Priorities settled on economic impact
Quick wins launched at the readout itself

Who it's for

Three situations where this file is the answer.

The diagnostic is the right entry point whenever you need clarity before committing resources.

Leadership asking hard questions

You sense performance is slipping without being able to locate exactly where and why.

New role or takeover

You inherit an organization and want an independent reading before setting your plan.

Before a structural investment

ERP, warehouse, reorganization: you want to decide on facts, not on promises.

Typical case

What this file looks like in real life.

An anonymized example, representative of the diagnostic engagements we run.

Engagement noteRef. D-01
ContextA growing multi-site distributor whose global inventory rises faster than revenue.
ProblemRecurring stockouts on the references that matter, dormant overstock on the rest, and three different service-level figures depending on who you ask.
EngagementSales and inventory data cleaned, flows between warehouses mapped, pain points priced, findings validated in the field, readout delivered to the executive committee.
Expected outcomeA shared baseline of indicators, three quick wins launched at the readout and a transformation roadmap endorsed by leadership.
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One conversation is enough to frame the diagnostic scope and what you expect from it.

To extend the read, continue with our Planning, forecasting & S&OP file and the Planning & Forecasting Atlas domain.