KOMPASS uses advanced AI and statistical modeling to help manufacturers and distributors navigate today's pace of change, including tariffs, shifting customer expectations, and global volatility.
We apply rigorous analytical frameworks to the specific competitive, operational, and market conditions of your business. Every engagement produces quantified outcomes against your P&L.
Competitive positioning grounded in Porter's Five Forces, SWOT, PESTLE, and risk matrix, applied to your supply chain architecture and market environment.
Lean Six Sigma DMAIC applied to your highest-cost operational processes, with statistical validation at every step. Throughput, cycle time, defect rate, and labor efficiency.
Quantitative modeling that converts your operational data into forward-looking intelligence: demand curves, confidence intervals, commodity correlation, and scenario analysis.
Every load KOMPASS moves generates live market intelligence that feeds directly into our consulting work. Freight is both a service we provide and the lens through which we see your real cost structure.
Full-service domestic brokerage powered by AscendTMS and DAT iQ rate intelligence. Every move is priced against live market data.
We manage the carrier relationship end-to-end: compliance, performance tracking, claims, and continuous rate optimization as market conditions shift.
Book a call to discuss →Ocean freight management with full customs coordination. KOMPASS handles HTS classification, ISF filing, 7501 entry, and carrier selection, with duty mitigation built into every program.
Discuss your program →Transportation alone typically accounts for 4-10% of revenue for mid-market manufacturers and distributors. Inventory carrying costs run 20-30% of inventory value annually. Combined, procurement and logistics inefficiency is the single largest source of margin compression that remains unaddressed at the executive level.
The companies that treat supply chain as a strategic discipline consistently outperform peers on EBITDA margin, working capital efficiency, and return on assets. KOMPASS brings the analytical framework to quantify that gap and close it.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook (Voehl, Harrington et al.)Transportation is consistently identified as one of the eight categories of operational waste, representing avoidable cost embedded in every link of the supply chain. Eliminating it requires measurement.
KOMPASS uses Pareto analysis to find the small number of factors driving most of your cost. For manufacturers and distributors, those factors usually fall into the areas below.
Unit price is only part of what you pay. We add carrying cost, duties, tariffs, drayage, and demurrage to show the true cost of each item you bring in.
When a sole-source supplier is 30 to 45 days away, you are paying for that inventory while it sits on the water. We measure how much cash it ties up and where a closer source would release it.
Shorter lead times let you carry less safety stock. We model how much cash a faster supply option would free up before you commit to any change.
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Supply chain management is the operational architecture that determines how efficiently your company converts capital into revenue. For a mid-market manufacturer or distributor, supply chain costs typically represent 60-80% of total operating expense, making it the highest-leverage area on your income statement.
The upstream engine of your supply chain: what you buy, from whom, at what cost, and under what terms. Poorly managed procurement affects unit cost, supplier concentration risk, payment terms, and whether tariff exposure is managed or absorbed.
Inventory is working capital on a shelf. Most operators don't know their actual carrying cost, which typically runs 20-30% of inventory value annually when you account for capital, storage, obsolescence, and handling. That number has a direct line to your balance sheet.
Freight typically represents 4-10% of revenue. A 10% reduction in transportation cost on a $50M company adds $200K-$500K directly to EBITDA. That is strategic leverage that belongs in your board presentation.
Lean Six Sigma at the Black Belt level is a statistical discipline for identifying and eliminating variation in your most critical operational processes, applied specifically to procurement, inventory, and transportation.
Every recommendation is grounded in measured data from your own operation.
Project engagements are scoped, time-bound, and delivered against specific business outcomes. KOMPASS designs the solution and stays through implementation.
Full origin-to-destination cost modeling across routing scenarios: port selection, drayage, inland transit, and final mile. Every variable quantified so you choose on data.
Warehouse layout design, slotting optimization, pick path engineering, and dock flow analysis, measured against throughput and labor cost targets from day one.
Proactive classification review, FTZ analysis, duty drawback eligibility, and trade agreement optimization, built into a defensible, auditable compliance architecture.
TMS selection, implementation oversight, and ERP integration for supply chain data flows, with validation protocols at every step to prevent data corruption.
Every dollar of excess stock carries an invisible 20-25% annual carrying penalty. We recalibrate reorder points, Economic Order Quantities, and safety stock to eliminate dead capital while protecting fill rates. Carrying costs drop 15-25% without touching service levels.
Book the diagnosticA 30-day ocean transit from Asia forces you to finance 45-60 days of pipeline inventory. We qualify Mexican and nearshore corridors that cut transit to 48 hours. That releases operating cash and reduces tariff exposure.
Explore nearshoringOur freight brokerage lets us build strategies across more than 100 countries and thousands of connection points, including drayage, ocean, air, and over the road. We design a strategy around your specific supply chain and give you a clear view of your cost structure before recommending any changes.
See freight servicesNot sure which lever matters most? Start here. A 30-day data-driven review of your procurement, inventory, and transportation nodes identifying immediate 8-15% margin recapture. You receive a scorecard based on your actual numbers, with no obligation.
Book the diagnosticA structured conversation that identifies where your supply chain is leaking margin and what KOMPASS would do about it.
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We map your procurement, inventory, and transportation cost structure against benchmarks and your growth objectives.
You receive a prioritized breakdown of your top improvement opportunities with estimated P&L impact.
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Most assessments identify 8-15% in addressable cost reduction across procurement, inventory, and transportation within 90 days. The analysis is free.
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