Strategy from people who run the docks — not just whiteboard them.
Most supply chain consultants left operations a decade ago. Taylor's advisory practice is staffed by operators who run warehouses, dispatch freight, and onboard customers this week. Recommendations don't sit in a PowerPoint — they get tested in a live 3PL, with real SKUs, real carriers, and real KPIs.
We work with shippers expanding distribution, restructuring inbound, redesigning a DC, or rebuilding a supplier base. Engagements range from a one-week design sprint to multi-year program oversight — always tied to measurable outcomes, never to a billable-hours treadmill.
Four practice areas. One operating reality.
Whether you need a fresh warehouse layout, a network reset, a supplier overhaul, or a multi-year supply chain roadmap, the same operators-turned-advisors run the engagement end-to-end.
Warehouse & fulfillment design services.
Highly efficient layouts tailored for warehouses and fulfillment centers. We meticulously plan rack and bin placements, dock-door configurations, electrical arrangements, material-handling-equipment (MHE) zones, temperature regulation, office space, and overall spatial allocation — built around your real SKU velocity, not a generic template.
- ▸Slotting & velocity-based layout
- ▸Dock-door & yard configuration
- ▸MHE zone & charging plan
- ▸Temperature-zone design (ambient, refrigerated, frozen)
- ▸Office, dock, and admin integration
- ▸Phased scale-up planning
Use our expertise.
We live and breathe supply chain, integrating our own strategies with the latest industry advancements. As a 3PL with roots dating back to 1850, we've adapted through every major shift in logistics — and we know what it takes to navigate the complexities of modern operations.
- ▸Operations diagnostic & benchmarking
- ▸Cost-to-serve modeling
- ▸3PL selection & RFP support
- ▸Make vs. buy analysis (private DC vs. public)
- ▸Peak-season readiness reviews
- ▸Continuous-improvement program design
Suppliers managed like partners — not vendors.
A strategic approach to optimize supplier relationships, ensuring reliability, quality, and cost-effectiveness throughout the supply chain. Thorough supplier selection and evaluation, proactive contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement — driving innovation and mitigating risk.
- ▸Supplier scouting & qualification
- ▸RFQ / RFP management
- ▸Contract negotiation & governance
- ▸Performance scorecarding & QBRs
- ▸Risk-mitigation playbooks
- ▸Diverse-supplier sourcing programs
Strategy development that holds up at the dock.
Comprehensive supply chain strategies aligned with your overarching business objectives — network design and optimization, inventory management, demand forecasting and planning, plus risk management and mitigation. Built to drive sustainable growth and resilience, not slide-deck applause.
- ▸Network design & optimization
- ▸Inventory strategy & policy
- ▸Demand forecasting & S&OP
- ▸Risk management & contingency planning
- ▸Sustainability & Scope 3 strategy
- ▸M&A and integration playbooks
Four phases. Real outcomes.
No discovery theater. We scope tight, diagnose fast, write recommendations in plain English, and either execute the plan ourselves or hand your team something they can actually run.
Scope call
A 30-minute working session: what the problem actually is, what success looks like in numbers, and what's already been tried.
→Diagnostic
Two to four weeks of data review, site walks, and operator interviews. We come back with findings — not yet recommendations.
→Recommendations
Prioritized initiatives, expected impact, sequencing, and the case for build-vs-buy at each step. One readable document — not a 90-slide deck.
→Implementation
We can execute it, hand it to your team with a clean spec, or co-pilot the rollout. Outcomes tracked against the diagnostic baseline.
Outcomes our clients actually got.
Sample outcomes from recent consulting engagements. Customer names omitted by NDA — case studies available on request.
Cut transit days by 30%.
A CPG shipper restructured their U.S. distribution footprint after our cost-to-serve diagnostic. We modeled the new network, ran the RFP, and oversaw transition — 30% reduction in average transit days at lower total landed cost.
12% throughput, same SQF.
Re-slotted a 320,000 sq ft facility based on actual order velocity. New rack profile, MHE zones, and dock-door flow lifted pick-throughput 12% in the same building — no capex required.
8 vendors → 3, no service loss.
Rationalized a fragmented packaging-supplier base. Tighter contracts, better lead times, lower defect rates — and procurement got back hours every week.
Peak-season survived.
Built a peak-season readiness plan for a seasonal beverage brand. Inventory thresholds, carrier commitments, contingency labor — peak came in on-time, in-full at 99.2%.
A vetted bench of technology, equipment, and service partners.
We leverage a diverse network of top-tier providers in areas ranging from MHE and warehouse technology to TMS and WMS solutions, carrier-fraud systems, staffing agencies, and sustainability-reporting providers. When a recommendation lands, you're not building the vendor list from scratch.
Material-handling equipment partners — racking, forklifts, conveyance, AS/RS.
Synapse by Made4Net plus a vetted bench of WMS providers for complex operations.
Revenova TMS and integration partners across the broader TMS market.
Samsara — fleet telematics and real-time visibility. Taylor runs it across our own assets.
Highway · Carrier Identity™ — the industry standard for fraud prevention.
Sustainability and Scope 3 reporting providers for ESG-driven programs.
Six categories, same playbook.
Our consulting practice runs across the industries Taylor's operations serve every day — so the advice is grounded in current operating reality, not a research paper.
Food & beverage
SQF, FDA, FSMA-aligned operations and supplier programs.
CPG & household
Multi-channel networks: retail + DTC + Amazon FBA.
Retail
Routing-guide compliance, OTIF, MUST-ARRIVE-BY-DATE.
Industrial
Plant-side staging, JIT releases, oversized freight.
Automotive
Tier-1/2 parts programs and OEM-plant sequencing.
eCommerce / DTC
Pick-pack-ship optimization and returns programs.
The consultant your operations director actually wants in the building.
Most supply chain advisory firms are great at slides and rough at SKUs. Here's what's different about working with Taylor.
Since 1850
Six and seventh generation family leadership. 175 years of operating supply chains across every major mode shift in U.S. logistics history.
Not ex-consultants
Our advisors run docks, dispatch trucks, and onboard customers — and write recommendations they'd take into their own building Monday morning.
Build, hand off, or co-pilot
We can execute the plan in our 3PL, hand your team a clean spec, or co-pilot the rollout with your operators. You pick the model.
Fixed scope, fixed price
Engagements are scoped tight and priced upfront. No surprise billables, no scope creep, no dependency-engineering. The deliverables and timeline are written down.
What buyers ask before engaging.
Scope, pricing, execution model, industries, and how Taylor consulting differs from traditional advisory firms.
Start with a 30-minute scope call. Walk away with a one-page plan.
Tell us where the supply chain pain is — warehouse layout, network design, supplier sprawl, peak readiness, anything. We'll come back with a focused diagnostic plan and a fixed price.