Neil Marchant

By Neil Marchant, MET Supply Chain Consulting Every supply chain decision tells a story. Over the years, I’ve worked with consumer goods suppliers of every size: from multi-national FMCG giants to family-owned SMEs. Size doesn’t always equal sophistication. Some of the biggest companies have had products with millions of units of excess tying up working capital, firefighting daily, all because their visibility sat shockingly low on the maturity ladder. So what is visibility maturity ? It’s a...

Solving replenishment planning for consumer goods suppliers on an SME budget.

How Lumina is Changing the Game for Consumer Goods Suppliers Amazon's Consumer sales history and forecast (showing customer promotion / seasonality), current and future on-hand inventory and cover, calculated and adjusted replenishment plan. Planning visibility has been the holy grail for consumer goods suppliers for years, everyone wants it but few achieve it. Data sits in silos, forecasts bear no connection to reality and suppliers often only see the picture once it’s too late to react. But...