Clarify Your Supply Chain
If you’re wondering why your supply chain feels broken, why you have a communication issue between supply chain and operations, or if you simply need to build more supply chain value, our supply chain consulting is right for you.
Improve your supply chain value...
Ask yourself...
Do you know where your supply chain is weak? This is not about getting containers through the Panama or Suez canals, it’s about your processes.
Do you have written contracts with your critical suppliers? Or are you open to risk if your handshake deal falls through?
Do you have a clean receiving process? Or are you constantly losing things and you don’t know why?
Do you receive clear and understandable bid analyses from your purchasing team? Or do you struggle to translate colorful spreadsheets into the right price to quote customers?
Companies of All Sizes
Leadership Experience
Passwall Solutions supply chain consulting brings you valuable leadership experience in utility & manufacturing supply chains from 4-150 team members, with unique expertise in e-auctions.
Passwall Solutions can find the weak links in your supply chain. Supply chains are a whole process from contracting and sourcing, through demand planning, to order entry and delivery. Our supply chain consulting will assess the performance of the complete cycle. If any of those links are broken, that might be why your supply chain isn’t performing as it should.
Contact us if your supply chain seems to be broken. We will have a candid conversation about getting you back on track, solutions to fix what's broken, and the real possibiilty that e-auctions might be one of those solutions.
The Passwall Solutions Supply Chain 360 Review identifies both strengths and gaps in your supply chain, and has helped companies like Berkshire Hathaway Energy, MasTec and Wittern Group find 4-11% of their annual spend in savings and risk reduction opportunities.
Would you like to find that kind of savings too?
About Us
We help operations leaders reduce costs and time to bid in all spend categories, while building a supply chain that leverages your weight in the marketplace.
Recent Work:
Improved On-Time Delivery
Passwall Solutions helped the client increase their on-time delivery from 65% to 82%.
Our Services
Break Through the Supply Chain Wall with Our Range of Solutions
Supply Chain 360
Supply Chain 360
This two-week comprehensive review will clarify your supply chain, assess strengths and opportunities, and find value-added possibilities.
Quick Kaizen
Quick Kaizen
This one-day event will clean up and document a process while reducing steps 10-30%.
Consulting
Consulting
Contact me for supply chain consulting and expert guidance on how to reduce your supply chain spend.
e-Auctions
e-Auctions
Increase supplier transparency, reduce costs, and improve your supply chain maturity, with a new or improved e-Auction program.
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Insights...
Here's where you'll learn how to cut costs while improving efficiency.
The E-Auction Starting Line: Which Categories Win — and Which Will Trip You Up
So you’re contemplating running an e-auction. What category should you do first?
I get this question all the time, and the answer might not be what you think. There isn’t an easy one-size-fits-all answer, and today’s article discusses the right _questions_ that get you to the right answer for your business. I’ll also talk about the categories that seem like a good place to start and AREN’T.
AI, Software, and Negotiation: What I Learned at ISMWorld 2026
For today’s article, let’s review some notes from the field. I’ll start with the keynote by Kara Swisher on AI’s role in society and what we can/should do about it. Then I’ll talk Source-to-Pay vs. Orchestration software; the strengths of each, how they use AI, and what they can teach us about all software implementations. Last, we’ll wrap up with the eight traits of strong negotiators according to Shawn Malone from Red Bear Negotiation.
What My Brother Got Right About AI, and What it Means for Supply Chain
For today’s article, let’s talk AI models: drafting vs. editing, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Grok. We’ll talk about the strengths, weaknesses, and personalities of these tools, and which ones are best suited to which procurement tasks. I’ll also cover the new Sensei supply chain-specific AI from SCMDOJO as I got a chance to play with it a little this week.