No surprises. No fire drills. I help U.S. manufacturers fix the part, supplier or category that is putting a ship date at risk.
Where the practitioner record comes from, and where it applies.
Defense acquisition rules, Foreign Military Sales and export-controlled sustainment, spares and maintenance readiness over the life of a system, single-source and long-lead part qualification, and contract restructuring.
F-35 sustainment · $48.8B FMS portfolio · 783-to-32 site contract consolidation
Supply chain modernization for mission-critical programs, independent government cost estimates, solicitation and statement of work packages, and intake, portal and workflow automation for defense and civilian agencies.
Ready for small purchases and for prime or subcontract teaming · Registration and contract codes
Maintenance, repair and operations category management across many plants and facilities, plus turbomachinery, rotating equipment, valves, specialty pipe and capital-project sourcing.
$150M MRO across 270+ sites · ~50% valve TCO reduction · 50+ BLS/EIA/FRED cost models
Risk scoring for parts and lead times across thousands of part numbers, mapping bottlenecks deep in the supplier base, second-source qualification, and resilience plans before one constrained part holds up a launch.
$300M semiconductor supply-chain resilience plan · AI SKU risk scoring
Ocean, air and ground carrier performance tracking, global distribution network design, freight rate and surcharge benchmarking, predictive shipment visibility, and inventory placement across the network.
$30B+ global distribution across 183 countries · $2.8B–$4.6B digital & AI logistics roadmap
Procurement integration in the first 100 days after close, matching supplier and part prices across plants, invoice-to-contract overbilling audits (Scout Proof Audit), and fast category reviews aimed at margin.
$26.5B M&A synergy integration · $21.37M verified client savings
The companies that win are the ones that refuse to separate the two.
Find the money your suppliers overbilled. I check your supplier invoices against what you agreed to pay, then hand you a claim list with the backup for each claim and draft letters to your suppliers. Fully remote.
See how the audit works →One part, one supplier, a ship date at risk. I build the plan and the shortlist to qualify a second source before it costs you a shipment.
Open the Single-Source Risk Model →For the supplier you can't walk away from: the facts and a negotiation plan your team can run.
Two supplier lists and two prices for the same part. I find the first round of savings for your 100-day plan.
One category or part family, reviewed in two to three weeks, with written moves your team keeps running after I'm gone.
No six-month studies. No junior analysts learning on your dime.
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Each episode starts with a headline and follows one product through the six stages of the supply chain: design, plan, source and procure, make, fulfill and service.
Best value is the lowest total cost over the life, at an acceptable risk.
Created by John Foley. Videos load from YouTube only when you press play.
Practical intelligence for supply chain and operations leaders, from design to service.
Value leaks in planning, execution and after go-live. The operating model that holds it.
Supplier distress, concentration and sub-tier dependency: the risks your dashboard was never built to show.
Cass's freight spending index rose 20.4% from a year earlier in September 2026; shipments rose 1.9%. Rates and fuel did most of the lifting. How to read it before bid season.
What the wholesale inventories-to-sales ratio signals, and where multi-echelon inventory optimization fits.
The Panama Canal is at 33 daily slots and still short of water. What that means for US freight on the Gulf and East Coast, and what to do this quarter.
Whether you're navigating a procurement transformation, building supply chain resilience, or exploring how AI changes the game, let's talk.
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