Best Supply Chain Consultancy UK

The Winning Project: £12m Inventory Reduction via Smarter Forecasting & Replenishment

Trym Consulting, recognized by our judging panel as the best supply chain consultancy UK, secured this award for their transformative supply chain management consulting with a leading grocery retailer. The retailer needed to understand and implement a complete Forecasting & Replenishment (F&R) system transformation across their high-street stores, business park locations, and B2B operations.

Grocery supply chains are notoriously stretched, with high stakes regarding perishable goods and rapidly changing footfall. Instead of relying on rigid, off-the-shelf software, Trym took a targeted data-modeling approach. Their team of top supply chain consultants UK analyzed the vast network of store operations to pinpoint exact areas where inventory was stagnating and where out-of-stocks were hurting revenue.

To eliminate daily buying guesswork and streamline operations, Trym built a modular F&R transformation model that delivered profound results:

• Multi-Format Store Analysis: Differentiating forecasting models for high-street footfall vs. bulk B2B purchases to ensure hyper-local accuracy.
• Waste & Markdown Reduction: Implementing precise shelf-life algorithms to minimize perishable waste across the network.
• Systematic £12m Inventory Reduction: Realigning the entire replenishment cycle to significantly reduce holding capital without compromising on-shelf availability.

By replacing outdated commercial spreadsheets with an intelligent, dynamic F&R engine, Trym stabilized fulfillment cycles and significantly reduced stock-outs. The grocery retailer obtained a highly predictable supply chain that automatically calibrated replenishment variables to actual buyer demand.