Supply chain optimization at the scale where rankings are decided
We have helped enterprise logistics organizations rise into the top five of the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 and hold that position across multiple years. The work behind it is unglamorous: cutting throughput time, freeing capital trapped in inventory, and building the systems that make warranties and returns something other than a cost centre.
Where enterprise supply chains lose ground
If several of these are familiar, the bottleneck is usually upstream of where it hurts.
- Throughput time absorbed by handoffs between planning, warehouse, and transport systems
- Capital tied up in inventory sitting across lots, consignment, and distributed warehouses
- Consignment stock with no reliable single view of ownership, ageing, or location
- Warranties and returns handled as manual exceptions rather than a designed process
- Reverse logistics costs absorbed without visibility into what actually drives them
- Network performance visible only in retrospective reporting, too late to intervene
What we build for supply chain operations
Throughput and cycle time reduction
We trace where time actually accumulates across the order-to-delivery path, then remove the handoffs and wait states causing it — usually integration work rather than new systems.
Inventory optimization across the network
A single reliable view of stock held in lots, consignment, and distributed warehouses, with the analytics to right-size holdings and release working capital.
Consignment inventory systems
Ownership, ageing, and location tracked accurately across consignment arrangements, so settlement is automatic and disputes stop consuming commercial time.
Warranty and returns platforms
Reverse logistics designed as a process rather than an exception queue — automated intake, eligibility, routing, and disposition, with the cost drivers finally visible.
Supply chain visibility and control
Operational data unified across planning, warehouse, transport, and supplier systems into a live view, with exception alerting so issues surface while they are still fixable.
Network systems integration
API-first integration across ERP, WMS, TMS, and supplier systems so data moves once and stays reconciled, which is where most of the recoverable time is hiding.
Proof, not positioning
Systems we designed, built, and put into production.
Client placement in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25, the industry's most-scrutinised ranking of global supply chain performance
Sustained across consecutive rankings — the harder achievement, and the one that separates a good year from a durable operation
Employees supported by operations systems we built for a global manufacturer, at comparable enterprise scale
Read the case studyFrequently Asked Questions
What is the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 and why does placement matter?
It is Gartner's annual ranking of global supply chain performance, scored on a composite of peer voting, Gartner analyst assessment, and financial measures including inventory as a percentage of revenue. Placement is closely watched because the metrics are externally visible and the peer component is hard to influence. Nutron has supported enterprise logistics organizations that reached and held the top five across multiple years.
Did Nutron's work alone produce that ranking?
No, and we would not claim it. A composite score reflects the whole operation over years, and no single partner moves it alone. What we can say is that our supply chain optimization work was part of the programme during that period, and that the underlying measures the ranking rewards — inventory efficiency and operational performance — are precisely what the work targeted.
How do you approach inventory sitting in consignment and distributed warehouses?
The first problem is almost always visibility rather than policy: ownership, ageing, and location are fragmented across systems, so nobody can right-size holdings with confidence. We establish a reliable single view first, then apply the analytics that release working capital without risking service levels.
Why treat warranties and returns as a system rather than a process?
Because handled as an exception queue they absorb cost invisibly. Building intake, eligibility, routing, and disposition as a designed system makes the cost drivers measurable — and reverse logistics is frequently where the recoverable margin turns out to be.
Do you replace our ERP, WMS, or TMS?
No. Those systems are usually doing their jobs; the loss sits in the gaps between them. We integrate what you already run, which is faster to deliver and far lower risk than a replacement programme.
How does an engagement start?
With a two-week operations audit starting at $1,500. We map where throughput time and working capital actually go across your network, quantify each bottleneck, and deliver a prioritised roadmap. If you want it built, the same team continues.
Start with the diagnosis
Two weeks, fixed fee, and a blueprint you own — whether or not we build it.