Your supply chain is working.
It’s just quietly eroding your EBIT.
Vendor Neutral — Senior Led — Implementation Focussed
Automation drifts from reality.
Labour costs rise faster than productivity.
Capital decisions are made without independent validation.
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Supply chain has become one of the largest and least transparent cost drivers in most organisations.
Margins tighten. ⎯ Complexity grows.
Systems that once delivered advantage become operational constraints.
In many environments:
Supply chain costs represent 5–20% of revenue
Labour drives 30–60% of operating expense
Automation underperforms relative to original design assumptions
The system still runs. ⎯ But the economics slowly deteriorate.
Every quarter without clarity compounds hidden cost.
Why Performance Loss Accelerates Quietly
Typical Impact We See:
5%+ cost optimisation common
10–20% throughput recovery
5–12% labour productivity improvement
Assessment payback often <4 months
Where Value Actually Hides
Across industries we consistently see the same patterns:
Automation running below engineered throughput
Embedded labour buffers accepted as “normal”
Flow imbalance limiting capacity
Space used inefficiently
KPIs disconnected from financial impact
Capex decisions made without independent challenge
Individually small. Collectively material.
Independent Supply Chain Specialists - Not Generalist Consultants
Ethon Advisory is the independent consulting arm of the Ferag Group — focused exclusively on operational performance, intralogistics, and supply chain transformation.
Our role is simple:
Create clarity before capital is committed and before inefficiencies compound.