Crimson & Co Clients

By: Julie Lowell Click author's name for more of his/her articles

Crimson & Co is a fast-growing supply chain consultancy with an excellent reputation for developing and implementing end-to-end solutions wherever our clients need us throughout the world. We exploit our deep supply chain process understanding to focus on performance improvement and cost reduction, generating tangible and sustainable benefits for clients in a pragmatic and cost effective way.

We take an integrated approach to our assignments to ensure that an optimal supply chain is developed and is supported by the appropriate planning and control frameworks.
The supply chain must be designed to meet customer requirements at a cost that is acceptable to the supplier. For many organisations several supply chains are necessary. Different customers and different products require different levels of service and responsiveness - the organisation must meet all these needs. At the extremes a supply chain can either be efficient (low cost) or responsive (excess or more expensive capacity). The optimal supply chain for most organisations is somewhere in between.
We help businesses to identify their needs and design their supply chains accordingly. Sometimes this is with the existing infrastructure, such as increasing the productivity of a production line or throughput of a warehouse, while other solutions might include infrastructure changes.
The over-riding need, however, is always to look at the supply chain as an end-to-end entity, even when the focus for change is in one specific area.
Crimson & Co is a specialist supply chain consultancy. Since its inception in 2003, Crimson & Co supply chain consultants have successfully completed assignments for over 40 clients, including Novartis; Shell; British American Tobacco; Rolls Royce; Carlsberg; Phillips; Allied Domecq; Tetra-pak; Avon; Tesco; UPS; PZ Cussons; Poundland; Coles Myer; TDG; Punch Taverns; Vodaphone; Imperial Tobacco.

Crimson & Co has worked for major blue chip and middle market companies across the globe and specialise in the following sectors: Retail; FMCG; Distributor & Wholesale; Automotive & Aerospace; Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare; Public Sector; Services; Oil, Gas & Telecoms.

Crimson &Co would like to congratulate two of our longstanding clients for winning awards last year. Danoptra Ltd won two trophies at the prestigious ‘Institute for Turnaround’ annual awards. Avon Cosmetics received an award at the ‘Supply Chain Distinction Awards’ held in Dusseldorf, Germany.

As our supply chain consultants are drawn from blue chip organisations themselves, Crimson & Co bring practical experience of cross industry best practice to formulate supply chain strategies for our clients but, more importantly, use that knowledge to deliver tangible bottom line results. Crimson & Co build long term relationships with our clients to ensure they derive sustainable advantage.

Buying of indirect goods and services is often delegated to functional or site based managers. Lack of specialist procurement input and minimal standardisation mean there are significant leverage opportunities. Indirect categories range from simple office supplies and IT hardware to more complex categories such as marketing, professional services, fleet and travel. Crimson & Co uses an approach based on category teams with structured processes and market knowledge to deliver lasting change that reduces the cost base over the long-term.