Supply Chain Consulting in Detroit

Trusted by 190+ Clients Since 1998

Lean & Supply Chain Consulting in Detroit

Improve service levels, reduce operating cost, and build durable Lean execution systems with experienced consultants supporting teams in Detroit.

  • Hands-on implementation support, not just advisory decks.
  • Data-driven prioritization to target the highest-impact constraints.
  • Rapid consultation response, typically within 48 hours.

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190+ clients | Average 5 projects per client | Since 1998

Trusted by Industry Leaders

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25+ Years

Improving supply chains and operations

190+ Clients

Across manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services

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Fast consultation intake and next-step alignment

Lean and Supply Chain Consulting in Detroit

Supply Velocity provides supply chain consulting in Detroit for manufacturers, distributors, and operations teams across Southeast Michigan. We help you cut waste, improve service levels, and release working capital through Lean and supply chain strategies backed by 25+ years of hands-on experience.

  • Reduce supply chain costs and improve operational efficiency with data-driven optimization
  • Align your supply chain network with your business strategy for sustainable growth
  • Gain end-to-end visibility across logistics, inventory management, and procurement

Our Supply Chain Expertise

We bring senior-partner-led supply chain consulting to Detroit's manufacturing and distribution industry. Unlike large firms that staff projects with junior analysts, every Supply Velocity engagement is led by a consultant with a Ph.D. or MBA and decades of operational experience across the automotive, consumer goods, and industrial sectors.

Our team has completed 900+ projects for 190+ clients since 1998. Detroit's manufacturing industry demands supply chain expertise that produces measurable results on the floor, not recommendations in a report.

We specialize in execution alongside your team, building internal capability so improvements are sustainable long after our engagement ends. That partnership model is why our clients average five projects per engagement.

What We Typically Improve in Detroit

We work across your entire supply chain to identify waste and accelerate performance gains:

  • Supply Chain Strategy: Align your supply chain with growth objectives and evolving market conditions to build a resilient, responsive operation
  • Inventory Management: Reduce excess inventory while improving service levels and forecast accuracy through better demand forecasting
  • Logistics Operations: Streamline warehouse layouts, transportation routes, and third-party logistics coordination to reduce cost-to-serve
  • Procurement and Sourcing: Evaluate and integrate suppliers to improve supply chain responsiveness and lower total procurement costs
  • S&OP: Connect demand forecasting with supply chain execution through structured Sales and Operations Planning

Our Supply Chain Consulting Process

Our consulting services follow a proven three-phase methodology:

  1. Assess: We gather data, map your current state, and benchmark supply chain performance against industry standards. This assessment phase gives both teams clear insight into where the highest-impact opportunities exist.
  2. Facilitate: We use Lean and supply chain methods to design a future state with your team through a collaborative process. This ensures alignment across cross-functional stakeholders and builds organizational buy-in for the initiative.
  3. Implement: We work on-site to execute the plan, track progress through performance scorecards, and build your team's capability to sustain results independently.

We guarantee ROI on supply chain engagements. If we do not achieve the savings identified during the assessment, we return your investment.

Logistics and Operational Consulting Services

Beyond core supply chain consulting, our Detroit engagements often include:

  • Lean Process Improvement: Reduce lead times and increase manufacturing capacity through value stream mapping and process redesign
  • Warehouse Optimization: Improve warehouse labor productivity by up to 55% through facility layout design and slotting optimization
  • Performance Measurement: Deploy scorecards and KPI frameworks to track supply chain transformation initiatives and ensure accountability
  • Supply Chain Assessment: Start with a full supply chain assessment to identify your highest-profitability opportunities and build a prioritized execution roadmap

Industries We Serve in Detroit

We have been helping organizations in the Detroit metro area navigate supply chain challenges across multiple industry segments since the mid-2000s. Through 2025 and into 2026, Michigan's supply chain pressures have only intensified. Our consultants specialize in:

  • Automotive manufacturing and Tier 1/Tier 2 supplier operations
  • Industrial and discrete manufacturing
  • Distribution, warehousing, and 3PL operations
  • Food and beverage production
  • Enterprise and business services
  • Private equity portfolio companies seeking rapid performance improvement

Detroit's manufacturing sector faces supply chain challenges from global sourcing shifts to rising customer expectations for faster delivery and reliability. We tailor each engagement to your specific industry and current portfolio of priorities.

How We Work with Detroit Teams

  • On-site engagement: Our consultants work alongside your operators and managers on the floor, providing hands-on project management, coaching, and governance
  • Project-based consulting: Defined scope, measurable goals, and clear decision-making frameworks that integrate with your existing business operations
  • Capability building: We transfer knowledge so your team can evolve and sustain supply chain improvements after our engagement ends

Whether you need a focused supply chain assessment or a full supply chain transformation, consult with our team to determine the right scope. We also work with your existing 3PL, ERP, and logistics partners to ensure compliance with current processes during the transition. Strategic adoption of Lean methods gives your organization a lasting competitive advantage.

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"If you are looking for someone to help drive improvements, create repeatable processes and mentor younger staff in your facility then reach out to Supply Velocity. Your expertise and dedication have driven significant im..."

Tim Donohoe

COO, Chemline

"I am thrilled to provide this testimonial for Supply Velocity and their outstanding work in implementing Lean Warehouses and processes at Crescent Parts & Equipment through the COVID pandemic. With their data-first focus..."

Josh Cole

Director of Supply Chain, Crescent Parts & Equipment

"For several years we have worked with Supply Velocity to support us with their expertise on Lean Operations and Supply Chain Management. Supply Velocity has helped us implement Lean, improve our inventory systems, and ed..."

Lorenza Pasetti

CEO, Volpi Foods

"Supply Velocity is driving instrumental change in our inventory management processes. This is critical for us to be competitive in a supply chain environment with numerous disruptions. They are making change happen, whic..."

Jim Carroll

Executive Vice President Operations, Schaeffer Manufacturing

"In a time of volatile supply chain disruption, Supply Velocity is helping us develop Demand and Supply Planning processes to proactively tackle these new challenges. They are genuine partners, working with our team, faci..."

Jane Thrasher

Vice President of Supply Chain, Horizon Hobby

"Mitch Millstein and his team helped guide our shop fabrication division in the re-layout of our custom pipe and steel fabrication facility when we moved into a new building. It is not only the results but how he helped...."

Geoff Gross

President, Gross Mechanical

"In 2015 we began working with Dr. Mitch Millstein to optimize our inventory locations supporting e-commerce and in-store inventory needs. From this work we developed a new omni-channel warehousing and inventory plan that..."

Rob Bowers

Vice President of Strategy, Total Hockey

"Myerson engaged Supply Velocity, specifically Ray Davis to visit our plant in Trinidad to conduct a two day assessment of our production procedures and provide us feedback on areas for improvement and where applicable, a..."

Lee Hartwell CPA

Plant Manager, Myerson Tooth

"Supply Velocity has provided the technical expertise and political capital to move our project forward. They have just the right amount of push and the right amount of support. Supply Velocity has helped us make real cha..."

David Walters

President, Hy-C

"Our experience with Supply Velocity was one of the best values we have ever had from a consulting project. Cyril Narishkin brought a structured lean methodology, invaluable experience and engaging facilitation skills to..."

Mike Howard

CEO, Aspeq

"Supply Velocity has helped Clean succeed in a number of ways. First, they provided the education that kicked off our Lean Process Improvement journey. They also facilitated a number of large supply chain and process impr..."

Jeff Lazaroff

Senior Vice President, Clean Uniform

"We engaged with Supply Velocity to help us embed process improvement at all levels of the business. Our team learned from Mitch to let the data drive decisions, to use Lean tools to help us see our processes critically a..."

Dionne Dumitru

COO, Weekends Only

"Supply Velocity gave us the tools to analyze our business and processes based on the facts and numbers versus our perceptions. Our common quote was "Let the numbers lead us". The key for our organization was how quickly..."

Ned Lane

President, CeeKay Supply

"We used Supply Velocity to rethink our sales process. By analyzing the entire process we found wasted time in our Sales, Admin and Operations departments. Streamlining this process created extra time for each Sales Rep,..."

Jeff Reitz

Vice President, Central States Bus

"Supply Velocity created visibility within our Assurance Services Group... visibility of performance, Client-service, employee satisfaction and processing time. Using the Supply Velocity System, Audit Report Cycle time is..."

Fred Kostecki

Partner-In-Charge, Assurance Services, Rubin Brown

"Supply Velocity's Lean Six Sigma System has given us new tools to help improve our sales performance. We have learned new ways to analyze our business which makes problem solving more accurate and has made us better lead..."

Rachel Andreasson

Executive Vice President - Marketing, Wallis Companies

"The role of the Erie Insurance Marketing Department has been evolving over the past several years - from a support role to a more critical role of driving growth in our organization. Because of our increased workload and..."

Karen Rugare

Director of Marketing, Erie Insurance

"Isolating a problem, finding short, and long term solutions with measurable results is what was promised and results is what was delivered by Supply Velocity. Upon launch of the Lean Six Sigma Selling System, we knew mor..."

Mark A. Presker

General Manager, Architectural Millwork of St. Louis

"In the spring of 2003, the St. Louis Area Chapter of the American Red Cross engaged Supply Velocity, Inc. to perform a study and make recommendations to streamline office processes, maximize cash flow in purchasing and w..."

Joe White

CEO, American Red Cross - Saint Louis Chapter

"We are using Supply Velocity's Lean Six Sigma methods to analyze a variety of processes including rationalizing SKUs (stock-keeping-units). By using math to evaluate SKUs we took some of the emotion out of our decisions...."

Mark Kelso

Director of Process Improvement, Save-A-Lot

"Anheuser-Busch Precision Printing had been implementing Lean Operations on our own for the past two years. We needed to move faster and partnered with Supply Velocity, Inc. Through Supply Velocity, Inc.'s mathematical wo..."

Rich Lavosky

General Manager, Anheuser-Busch Precision Printing

"C&R was struggling with labor productivity. The construction crews were often missing materials that they needed to do their work. This caused significant idle time. Supply Velocity, Inc. and C&R used value stream mappin..."

Tom Kuthe

V.P. Construction Operations, C&R Mechanical

"Your process encourages this group to work together, better communicate and have fun doing it."

George Edinger

President, C&R Mechanical

"Closure Medical recently completed a major reorganization in order to enhance our ability to rapidly create innovative medical devices. We hired Supply Velocity to help us map out the process and service flows of the new..."

Gabe Szabo

Vice President, Product Development, Closure Medical - A Division of Johnson & Johnson

"We are pleased that Essex selected Supply Velocity, Inc. as our Lean Implementation Partner. At one facility, we have saved over $350,000 in work-in-process inventory, reduced throughput time from 2 weeks to minutes and..."

Terry Etter

Vice President of Operations, Essex Medical Systems

"In thirty years of hiring consultants, Supply Velocity, Inc. was the first to tell me what they were going to do, set a price they stuck to and substantially exceed my expectations. I have recommended them to friends and..."

Bill Gilbert

President, Fusion Coatings

"Many thanks to all three Supply Velocity presenters. I think you guys took a very difficult time for learning and capitalized on everyone's time and training needs. I truly hope this helps your business as this was a con..."

Mark Holdinghausen

VP of Operations, DEMA Engineering

"We used Supply Velocity on our Warehouse optimization project. One of the key characteristics of Supply Velocity is that they listened to our requirements and provided a clear path for our Warehouse processes using lean..."

Haris Tokalic

President, Grand Rock, Inc.

"I’d recommend Supply Velocity to organizations looking for a hands‑on, data‑driven warehouse assessment with actionable outputs - particularly those dealing with operational change, new systems, or scaling challenges."

Jayson Wickenkamp

Senior Vice President, Image Solutions