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Every supply chain has inefficiencies locked into its costings – often through packaging or transport assumptions made early in product development and never revisited. Over time, those assumptions become structural, compounding cost and waste across every market and distribution channel.
At James Ross Consulting, our supply chain analytics service uncovers those hidden inefficiencies using real operational data. We capture accurate pack, pallet, and logistics information from across your systems and regions, then use advanced modelling – including our proprietary platform PackDevPro – to show exactly where cost sits, where waste is generated, and where the greatest opportunity for improvement lies.
Our team combines decades of on-site packaging and logistics experience with rigorous data analysis, ensuring that every insight is grounded in operational reality – not just what the numbers say in isolation.
These insights feed directly into our proprietary platform, PackDevPro, which models SKU interaction, logistics constraints, and pallet efficiency.Â
In one global project, JRC used PackDevPro to analyse thousands of SKUs across multiple manufacturing sites. Within weeks, we uncovered packaging and pallet inefficiencies that reduced truck movements by 16% and delivered over $150 million in savings across the network.
That result was achieved not by cutting corners on quality or service, but by modelling how packaging design, pallet configuration, and logistics routing interact – and then systematically removing the friction that had built up over years of incremental decisions.
Retail and e-commerce are reshaping the flow of goods. Mixed cases, display-ready formats, and shorter promotional cycles mean that re-packing — once a niche process; is now central to how many products reach market. Without robust analytics, those operations quickly become a source of hidden cost and waste.
Our re-pack and co-pack process assessments examine where and how materials, labour, and handling can be streamlined. Our work with European and North American CPG clients has shown that up to 40% of all SKUs now require re-packing — and that most businesses have significant untapped efficiency in how those operations are designed and resourced.
By modelling these processes end-to-end, we help clients reduce the cost of agility – making flexibility part of the supply chain’s design rather than an expensive afterthought.
Supply chain visibility is no longer optional – it is the foundation of operational resilience. Businesses that rely on incomplete or fragmented data cannot anticipate disruption, cannot plan contingencies effectively, and cannot make confident trade-offs between cost, speed, and sustainability.
Our analytics provide the operational insight needed to move from reactive to proactive — understanding how packaging, production, and logistics decisions interact across your entire value chain, so that risks can be identified and addressed before they become costly.
Behind every successful optimization project is a partner who understands both the data and the realities of day-to-day operations. At JRC, our experience across packaging, logistics, and analytics gives us the unique ability to connect strategy with practical delivery – ensuring every recommendation can be implemented and measured in the real world.
Our analytics are built on real operational data - pack specs, pallet configurations, logistics constraints - not assumptions. Every recommendation is grounded in what is actually happening in your supply chain.
Teams across Europe, the Americas, and Asia deliver region-specific analysis. We understand how supply chains behave differently across markets -- and use that knowledge to find savings others miss.
Our recommendations are guided solely by what drives measurable value for the client. We have no supplier relationships or technology partnerships that influence our analysis.
From $150 million in logistics savings to double-digit COâ‚‚ reductions, our supply chain analytics work consistently delivers quantified, auditable results.
Supply chain analytics only has value when it drives change. Our role does not end with the model or the report – we work alongside client teams to implement the improvements our analysis identifies, validate results in live operations, and build the internal capability to sustain performance over time.
Whether the goal is to reduce logistics costs, improve pallet density, cut carbon output, or build resilience into a re-pack operation, JRC provides the data, tools, and operational experience to make it happen – and to prove it in practice.
Talk to our team about how supply chain analytics can unlock measurable efficiency across your packaging and logistics operations.
Our experience spans multiple sectors – from consumer goods and retail to food, healthcare, and pharma – giving us a unique understanding of how packaging decisions affect every part of the supply chain. Whether optimizing portfolios for global brands or improving sustainability for regional producers, we bring data-led insight and hands-on expertise to deliver measurable results across every industry we serve.
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