The challenge
A sporting goods manufacturer faced $18M in tariff exposure, slow throughput and a footprint that couldn’t support its acquisition and growth plans.
Our approach
We worked across supply chain, sourcing, manufacturing and footprint: a tariff mitigation plan, global sourcing across nine sites, a Lean transformation on the production floor and a facility consolidation.
The outcome
Tariff impact fell from $18M to $2.5M. Global sourcing cut raw-material inventory by $4.5M on $35M of spend, Lean work brought throughput down to three to five days and released about $2.6M of inventory in five months, and the facility consolidation added 40% capacity for acquisitions and growth.
less raw-material inventory, on $35M of spend
throughput, with $2.6M less inventory in 5 months
capacity for acquisitions and growth
