Most supply chain problems don’t need a six-month transformation programme. Sometimes there is simply one issue that keeps coming back. Excess inventory. Poor forecasting. Supplier performance. Inefficient handovers. Freight or logistics cost. A process that everyone knows isn’t working — but nobody has had the time to properly challenge. That’s why I’ve introduced an OCSCS Rapid Review. Give me one live supply chain or operational problem. I’ll review it with you, challenge what’s happening and provide a concise assessment with practical actions you can start implementing. Fixed fee: €150. No ongoing commitment. The objective isn’t to produce a 40-page consultancy report. It’s to answer three questions: What’s actually causing the problem? What should you do about it? What should happen next? If there’s a supply chain issue in your business that has been sitting on the list for too long, send me a message. Martin O’Connell O’Connell Supply Chain Solutions

Pull up your weekly report. Count how many of the numbers tell you what already happened — OTIF, cost per unit, accidents, output against plan. Now count how many warn you something's coming. For most sites it's ten to nothing. Which is why every week feels reactive: you're steering by the rear-view mirror and then wondering why you keep getting surprised. Leading indicators in a warehouse aren't complicated. Inventory record accuracy tells you about service failures three weeks before they happen. Agency ratio tells you about quality and safety before either moves. Near misses tell you about accidents. Replen timeliness tells you about pick rate. None of those are hard to measure. They're just not the ones anyone asks you for. What's one number that would have warned you about your worst week this year?

A lot of supply chain problems don’t start as major crises. They start with things that become “normal”: • Too much inventory — but still missing the items you actually need • Expediting becoming part of the weekly routine • Forecasts nobody fully trusts • Suppliers being managed reactively rather than strategically • KPIs being reported, but not really driving decisions • Teams spending more time firefighting than improving Individually, none of these may seem catastrophic. But together they cost businesses time, cash and customer confidence. At O’Connell Supply Chain Solutions, the focus is simple: identify where the real problems are, understand what is driving them, and put practical improvements in place. No 100-page strategy deck. No unnecessary complexity. Just better supply chain decisions and measurable improvement. If any of the above sounds familiar, I’m always happy to have a short Teams conversation. #SupplyChain #SupplyChainManagement #Operations #InventoryManagement #Logistics #ContinuousImprovement

Name: Martin O’Connell Role and where: Supply Chain Manager & Founder of O’Connell Supply Chain Solutions, Ireland Size of operation: Currently lead a team of ~35 across warehousing, production supply, logistics & sterilisation How long in logistics: 10+ years across supply chain, logistics and operations The thing on my plate right now: Building OCSCS alongside my industry role and turning practical supply chain problems into measurable improvements What I’d like from this group: Learn from other logistics leaders, share experience and build relationships that could lead to collaboration and opportunities.

Right now LLN is a group of people who know their stuff, and not much else. That changes over the next few months — resources, templates, tools, and eventually proper training. Before I spend a single hour building the wrong thing, I want to hear from the 15 of you who got here first. Ten questions. Four minutes. Multiple choice, mostly. Two things I'd ask: Be blunt. If you think a leadership course is the last thing you need and what you actually want is a spreadsheet that calculates cost per unit, say that. I'd rather find out now than after I've filmed twelve videos. There's a question about money in there. Answer it honestly. "I wouldn't pay for this" is a legitimate answer and it's more useful to me than a polite one. Everyone who fills it in gets the first resource free when it lands, whatever it turns out to be, and I'll post a summary of what came back so you can see how your answers shaped it. 👉 https://forms.gle/n5YBiYiSngeV7WVb9 — Rob