Supply Chain Consulting in Ohio

Trusted by 190+ Clients Since 1998

Lean & Supply Chain Consulting in Ohio

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

  • 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

Volpi
Emerson
American Red Cross
Pure Hockey
RubinBrown
Fabick

25+ Years

Improving supply chains and operations

190+ Clients

Across manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services

48-Hour Response

Fast consultation intake and next-step alignment

Lean and Supply Chain Consulting in Ohio

We provide supply chain consulting services to manufacturers, distributors, and retailer operations across Ohio. Our team works on-site with your group to cut waste, reduce supply chain costs, and raise service levels through Lean and supply chain methods backed by 25+ years of hands-on experience.

Ohio companies choose us for three reasons:

  • Measurable cost reduction across procurement, inventory, and logistics with sustainability built in
  • Faster throughput and higher on-time delivery rates
  • Sustainable gains your team maintains after we leave

How We Help Ohio Operations Teams

Operational Cost Reduction

We find hidden costs in your supply chain, from excess stock and warehouse inefficiencies to purchasing overspend. Our clients have achieved up to 40% increases in gross profit margins through targeted process improvements and better sourcing decisions.

Service-Level Improvement

We improve forecast accuracy, stock positioning, and flow so customers receive what they need on time. One client improved their order fill rate from 88% to 98.5% after working with our team. That kind of customer satisfaction gain translates directly to revenue and reliability.

Building Execution Capability

We don't just consult and leave a binder on the shelf. Our consultants train your people to sustain every improvement independently. The goal is building your internal capability so you operate at a higher level long after the engagement ends.

Supply Chain Management Consulting for Ohio Manufacturers

Ohio's manufacturing and distribution base faces pressure from tariff shifts, complex supply requirements, and volatile markets. Companies in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dayton need supply chain strategies that deliver tangible results under real conditions.

We bring senior-level expertise to every engagement. Each project is led by a partner with a Ph.D. or advanced degree in logistics, operations, or management consulting. You get direct access to decision-makers who have led hundreds of similar projects. Our consulting helps companies gain insight into cost drivers, benchmark performance against industry standards, and prioritize the highest-impact initiative for their operations.

Our Supply Chain Consulting Process

1. Analysis and Assessment

We conduct a detailed supply chain assessment using analytics, process mapping, and operational data. This gives us full visibility into where bottlenecks and cost drivers exist across your supply chain network.

2. Plan Development

We collaborate with your leadership and stakeholder teams to design a future state with clear alignment on priorities. Every recommendation ties to a measurable outcome with projected ROI, supporting better decision-making from day one.

3. Implementation

We stay through implementation, working alongside your people on the floor. We integrate new processes into daily operations and build decision-making frameworks your managers can use going forward.

Supply Chain Services We Deliver in Ohio

We cover the end-to-end supply chain improvement spectrum. Whether you operate in manufacturing, pharmaceutical production, distribution, or CPG, we tailor every engagement to your industry:

Why Ohio Companies Choose Us

We have served 190+ clients and completed 900+ projects since 1998 across manufacturing, distribution, food and beverage, retail, and healthcare. Our track record tells the story:

  • Clients average 5 projects per engagement, a retention rate built on real results
  • We eliminated 14,000 hours of non-value-added work for one client
  • $1.47M in transportation savings delivered for another

We offer on-site, hybrid, and remote engagement models to mitigate scheduling constraints and match your priorities. Whether you need a two-week assessment or a multi-month supply chain transformation, we scale to fit.

How We Work with Teams in Ohio

Our consultants travel to Ohio client sites regularly, serving companies in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, Akron, and Youngstown. We also support in-house teams through hybrid and remote technology-enabled engagements for agile project delivery.

Consult with us about your specific challenges. Every engagement starts with a Lean Discovery Meeting where we assess the opportunity and determine fit.

Get In Touch With a Supply Chain, Logistics, and Lean Consultant Today!

Ask us your Lean, Six Sigma, or Supply Chain question.

We're the experts! We'll get back within 48 hrs. with a valuable response.

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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