Supply Chain Consulting, Executed
We Don’t Just Advise. We Execute.
We’re a boutique, end-to-end supply chain consulting firm built by former operators. We bring white glove advisory to every engagement, and we stay through execution.
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- 100+
- Combined years of experience
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- $100M+
- Projected client impact (savings and growth)
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- 100+
- Supply chain advisors in our network
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Manhattan Associates Consulting Silver Partner
Impact figures are projected engagement outcomes, not guaranteed or realized results.
Who we are
Former operators. Real implementation experience.
Every Summit advisor has held an operating role. We have run distribution centers, owned transportation P/L, carried peak season, and drove KPIs for service levels, on the client side of the table.
We have also implemented the systems our clients are modernizing: Warehouse and transportation management, automation, and labor and inventory platforms. We have designed them, configured them, tested them, and lived through go-live weekends.
That range lets one partner move from a Board of Directors strategy conversation to the operational detail on the floor without a handoff and without losing context.
Strategy to floor
One team across executive planning and daily execution.
Client-side perspective
We have owned the outcomes we now advise on.
Technology fluency
Operators who also implement the systems.
Stay through sustainment
We do not leave after the recommendation.
Services
Supply chain consulting services, end to end.
Four practices, one partner. Engagements start wherever the pressure is and extend as far as the work requires.
- 01Strategy & Network PlanningLong Range Supply Chain Planning, Board and funding proposals, Selection Assistance, Network Planning, 3PL Assessments, Facility and Transportation Modeling.
- 02Operations & ExecutionFacility Design, Efficiency Assessment, Warehouse Productivity, Labor Planning, Transportation Planning, Inventory Assessment, Industrial Engineering support.
- 03Technology ImplementationSupply Chain operating systems to include WMS, Labor, TMS, OMS and Automation Controls.
- 04Fractional Leadership & StaffingFractional executives, business analysts, and program leadership.
The difference
What makes Summit different.
Client-side operators and technologists
Multi-industry leaders who have sat in the seats our clients sit in today, across retail, ecommerce, wholesale, consumer products, healthcare, and food.
Real outcomes, not just theoretical frameworks
Recommendations are modeled after your volumes, your labor, your service commitments and then measured against actual results.
Agile enough to shift with you
Scope changes. Acquisitions land. Peak moves. We adjust the plan with you instead of defending the original deck.
End to end, assessment through sustainment
Assessment, recommendations, design, implementation, go live support, change management, and ongoing operational sustainment under one partner.
Senior expertise without the firm overhead
Boutique structure means senior advisors do the work. No pyramid of junior staff learning on your engagement.
How we work
A connected route, not three handoffs.
- STEP 01
Solution Partnering
We analyze the gaps alongside your team and identify solutions that hold up over the long term, not just the ones that close a slide.
- STEP 02
Efficient Implementation
We move from recommendation into measurable action quickly, sequencing the work so operations keep running while change lands.
- STEP 03
Long-Term Sustainability
Visibility, analytics, support, change management, and operational sustainment so the gains stay in place after we step back.
Featured case study: Retail & ecommerce
$5M
Projected annual transportation savings
Seven distribution centers modeled down to four multi-banner sites
- Seven distribution centers assessed and modeled
- Consolidation to four multi-banner sites
- Roadmap through 2029, already in execution
Industry experience
Cross Industry Supply Chain Consulting.
Our deepest case-study work sits in retail and ecommerce networks. From there, the same operator playbook carries into adjacent industries where the physics of inventory, labor, and transportation are the same.
- Retail & ecommerce
- Deepest experience
- Multi-banner networks, DTC and B2B fulfillment, store replenishment, and peak readiness.
- Wholesale & distribution
- Active engagements
- Market expansion, site selection, and inventory positioning across distributed footprints.
- Consumer products
- Relevant work
- Capacity planning, 3PL evaluation, and transportation cost reduction.
- Healthcare
- Relevant work
- Compliance-sensitive inventory control and operational readiness.
- Food & nutrition
- Relevant work
- Temperature-controlled handling, throughput, and labor planning.
Summit Advisory Team leadership in a working session
The people
You work with the people who built the firm.
Summit is deliberately boutique. The leaders who scope your engagement are the ones in the weekly working sessions.
- Jill BarronManaging Partner
- Jay MaurerManaging Partner
- Mark GuyerManaging Director
- Steven MuellerDirector, Sales and Business Development
Knowledge Portal
Field notes and proven outcomes.
Latest from the blog
Featured case study
Events
Where to find us?
Meet the Summit team in person. More events and detailed agendas will be added soon.
- August 24–25
Knapp User & Partner Connections
Networking and solution sessions with warehouse automation leaders.
- November 1–4
RVCF Conference
Speaking on retail supply chain execution and vendor collaboration.
Start here
Get a Supply Chain Assessment.
Tell us where your supply chain is today and where it needs to be. We’ll review the gaps, the priorities, and the fastest path to measurable improvement.
What to expect
- A 30-minute discovery call with a managing partner
- A focused review of your network, operations, or technology gap
- A clear recommendation on whether Summit is the right fit