EV Supply Chain Consulting

Trusted by 190+ Clients Since 1998

EV Supply Chain Consulting

Reduce costs, accelerate production ramp-ups, and build resilient EV supply chains with experienced consultants who deliver measurable results.

  • Hands-on implementation support, not just advisory decks.
  • Senior partners with deep manufacturing and automotive supply chain expertise.
  • ROI guaranteed on supply chain engagements.

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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 EV and automotive supply chains and operations

190+ Clients

Across automotive, manufacturing, distribution, and services

ROI Guaranteed

Documented, verifiable gains on every engagement

How We Help EV Companies

The electric vehicle market is reshaping how manufacturers source, build, and deliver. We work with operations teams to address the specific challenges that come with electrification, from raw materials through final assembly.

Battery and Supplier Sourcing Strategy

We evaluate your battery sourcing pipeline from cell chemistry to finished pack. Our team assesses current supplier networks, identifies single-source risk for lithium, cobalt, and nickel, and develops strategies that reduce dependency on any one battery manufacturer. We map supplier capacity against your forecast volumes and help negotiate new supply agreements that protect against shortage and price volatility.

Automotive Supply Chain Readiness

Shifting from internal combustion to EV production requires changes at every tier of the automotive supply chain. We evaluate each tier across your network, identifying which vendors can support EV-specific components like power electronics, battery management systems, and electric drivetrains. Where gaps exist, we help source and qualify new providers, reducing risk before production ramp.

EV Adoption and Growth Planning

As EV adoption accelerates and the global EV market expands, consumer demand continues to rise. Vehicle adoption rates vary by region, and growth opportunities differ based on local incentive programs, infrastructure investment, and regulatory pressure.

We help you forecast demand at the regional level, evaluate each government incentive including the Inflation Reduction Act, and align your supply chain strategy with realistic projections through 2030 and beyond.

This gives every stakeholder, from procurement to the C-suite, a clear view of where to invest in capacity and new supplier relationships.

The Role of EV Supply Chain Consulting in the Electric Vehicle Market

The EV supply chain operates under pressure that traditional automotive industry operations rarely face. Battery production depends on critical minerals with concentrated global supply. Semiconductor shortages can halt production lines for weeks. Regulatory pressure varies by market, and new tariffs or localization requirements can reshape sourcing overnight.

EV supply chain consulting helps manufacturers cut through this directly. We analyze your current operations, conduct a risk assessment of every tier, and build a plan that covers everything from raw materials allocation to supporting infrastructure and charging stations.

We map risk areas like single-source battery dependencies, identify where to reduce costs without compromising quality, and flag potential inefficiency across production processes. Every recommendation ties back to measurable operational improvement, not theory.

Our Approach: Assess, Facilitate, Implement

We follow the same proven approach that has delivered results across 900+ projects since 1998:

  1. Assess: We conduct a detailed supply chain assessment of your current EV operations, including supplier mapping, risk scoring, battery sourcing analysis, and capacity evaluation.
  2. Facilitate: Using Lean methods, we work alongside your team to design a future-state network that reduces cost, improves supplier performance, and builds resilience against disruption.
  3. Implement: We stay on-site to execute the plan with your team, including supplier evaluation and strategic sourcing , production processes optimization, and vendor development programs.

Why EV Manufacturers Choose Us

  • Senior-partner-led engagements: Every EV project is led by a partner with deep automotive and operational expertise.
  • Guaranteed ROI: We guarantee ROI on supply chain engagements, backed by results like up to 40% increase in gross profit margins and $1.47M in transportation savings.
  • 190+ clients since 1998: Our track record spans manufacturing, distribution, and complex supply chain optimization across multiple industries.
  • On-site, hands-on work: We work alongside your procurement, planning, and operations teams to build capability your organization retains.
  • EV-specific knowledge: From battery sourcing and semiconductor supply to OEM requirements, we understand the materials, components, and stakeholders that define the EV sourcing network.

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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."

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