We solve complex supply chain challenges and empower our customers with visibility, resiliency, and efficiency.
Solutions & Consulting
Guided by a consulting-led approach, we serve as strategic partners to our customers throughout their supply chain transformation journey. With comprehensive advisory and implementation capabilities, we offer high-value consulting spanning domains, processes, and change management, ensuring tailored solutions that drive meaningful outcomes for each customer.
Our Capabilities
Empowering businesses with comprehensive supply chain consulting, strategic insights, and cutting-edge solutions for optimal performance.
Advisory and Consulting
Strategic guidance, readiness assessments, diagnostics, performance benchmarking, road-mapping, and network optimization.
Process Optimization
Analysis and enhancement of planning, sourcing, and fulfillment processes to boost supply chain performance and efficiency.
Risk and Resilience
Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks; development of contingency plans to build resilience, adaptability, and agility.
Technology Deployments
Selection, implementation, integration, optimization, and support of technology solutions for supply chain operations.
Change Management
Navigation and implementation of changes within processes and culture, ensuring smooth transformations and high adoption.
Consulting Offerings
Unlock the full potential of your supply chain with our tailored consulting services, innovative solutions, and expert guidance.
Planning
Leveraging AI and connected systems to enable enterprise collaboration, integrating demand and supply functions from strategy to execution – optimizing both costs and service levels.
Key focus areas include:
- S&OP and Integrated Business Planning
- Predictive Demand Sensing
- Inventory Optimization
Procurement
Driving value innovation in client procurement operations at critical moments.
Key focus areas include:
- Integrated Sourcing
- Automated Operations
- Intelligent Spend Management
Fulfillment
Improving service levels by integrating real-time insights into product movements, boosting efficiency, optimizing logistics costs, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
Key focus areas include:
- Network Design
- OEE Improvement
- Fulfillment Control Towers
- Warehouse Automation
- Transportation Logistics
AI / Transformation
Moving from theory to a prioritized roadmap for applying AI and transforming the supply chain to drive tangible value.
Key focus areas include:
- Building a Future-Ready Supply Chain with AI
- Technology Assessment and Deployment
- China +1 and Global Risk Mitigation
- Sustainability and Climate Change Risk Management
Managing the people side of change to ensure successful transformations.
Key focus areas include:
- Organizational Design
- Implementations
- CoE Models
- User Adoption
- Digital Learning
- Managed Services
“At Bristlecone, we are ‘consulting-led’ … which means we approach every client’s situation thoughtfully, base our advice on in-depth supply chain insights and experience, and ensure that we stand behind the execution of each of our recommendations.” – Jennifer Chew, VP, Solutions & Consulting
Insights & Resources
Explore these resources to learn more about our solutions and consulting services.
White Papers
Change Management – Post-Implementation Adoption
While technology implementations last a short time, how users respond to the post-implementation changes ultimately determines project success – or failure.
White Papers
Driving Agility with Logistics Visibility
Enhancing logistics visibility requires identifying key issues, aligning with KPIs, designing processes, and selecting the right technology. Here are the key steps.
Blog
Boosting Life Sciences Supply Chain Efficiency with Cost-to-Serve Frameworks and AI/ML
Our cost-to-serve framework and AI/ML tools drive supply chain cost efficiency and environmental responsibility.
White Papers
Change Management – Five Steps to Achieve User Adoption
This white paper outlines the five change management activities that can mitigate resistance, smooth rocky transitions, and accelerate the pace of change adoption.
White Papers
Enhancing Operations Planning with Data i3
Discover how Data i3 enhances supply chain management with AI-driven data cleansing, seamless multi-source integration, and flexible deployment.
Blog
The Critical Role of Pre-Project Assessments in Supply Chain Transformation
We prioritize pre-project assessments to ensure alignment and readiness, and set you up for a successful transformation.
Press Releases
Bristlecone Achieves Disruptor Rating in HFS Horizons Report
Bristlecone’s recognition as a Horizon One Disruptor highlights its unwavering commitment to innovation and transformative supply chain solutions.
White Papers
Unleashing the Power of GenAI in the Supply Chain
From experimentation to transformation – explore senior executives’ readiness to adopt GenAI and discover our strategic framework for effective implementation.
White Papers
The Role of AI (and GenAI) in Supply Chain
AI and GenAI are transforming supply chain management across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Service, enhancing decision-making and boosting efficiency.
