A forward-looking investment prioritization diagnostic — built for the budget conversation. The output is not a maturity report. It is the document a leadership team can take into a board meeting and defend.
Senior leaders rarely lack ambition for the supply chain. What they lack is a defensible, quantified case for where to invest first — and a credible mechanism for proving the value once spent. Too many transformations stall in the gap between operational metrics and financial outcomes, and most never get a benefits review at all.
The Supply Chain ROI Diagnostic closes that gap. It tells leadership what their current state is costing them, what to do about it, in what order, and what return to expect. Anchored in established ROI methodology and tailored to your supply chain context, it converts the diagnostic from an opinion to a financial case.
Each section builds on the last. Together they give leadership a single document — from current state, through quantified value, to sequenced delivery and accountability.
Maturity scored across eight dimensions with input from Finance and Supply Chain independently. Where the two teams disagree is itself a finding.
The engine of the document. Each relevant supply chain measure converted to annual monetary value — conservatively and defensibly.
A 2×2 of expected return against delivery confidence. Every initiative plotted. Top right is what you fund first.
For the top initiatives, a full ROI calculation: fully loaded costs, monetized benefits, BCR, ROI%, payback period. Isolation methodology stated.
Named owners, baselines, targets, review cadence. The accountability layer most investment cases never get — designed for monthly S&OP review.
How investment decisions should be structured going forward — who proposes, who evaluates, who approves, who tracks.
A phased view across 90 days, six months, and twelve months. Where to start, what runs in parallel, what needs foundation first.
Appendix — Methodology notes, benchmarks and sources, monetary conversion approach for each measure, confidence adjustments applied. This is what gives Finance the confidence the numbers aren't fabricated.
A walkthrough of what a finished diagnostic looks like in the hands of leadership. Click through the tabs to move between sections.
Illustrative output — sample data, anonymized for demonstration. The real deliverable is built around your supply chain, your numbers, and your context.
“The conversation isn't about the maturity scores. It's about what to approve, in what order, with what expected return.”
— Wildernet Strategic Consultancy