Our Consulting Model
What Makes Us So Unique?
How would you design a consulting company if you were looking for the highest value add for clients. While there are differing views, we think a few consistent rules apply:
Deep Subject Matter Expertise Combined with Critical Thinking
This takes a long time to develop and is what clients want. We have developed the largest database of educational and analytical material on supply chain planning software on the internet, but we go beyond simply understanding a topic to being able to differentiate valid concepts from marketing hyperbole to what is actually feasible. This is unlike many consultants and consulting companies which focus on maximizing the number of consultants they have under their umbrella, we focus on knowledge development. For this reason we do no project management, no sales force and don’t see ourselves as running a staffing organization as most consulting companies do.
Independence
Without independence, subject matter expertise will not lead to the best advice provided because when bias and external influence exists, subject matter expertise cannot be applied. For this reason we are independent from all vendors and all consulting companies.
Original Thinking
Do you feel like many consultants you work with provide robotic thinking? Many problems require novel ways of thinking about them. Having been on many projects, we know this is in short supply. Our research basis, combined with our independence gives us the ability to look at problems differently than most.
A Trustworthy Source of Unbiased Information
Research & Client Value
We combine a stronger research capacity than the big firms with actual objectivity and a focus on making the decisions that provide the highest business value for our clients. Another area where are a different is that because we are small compared to the number of opportunities we are contacted on, we no need to attempt to extend our time on a project beyond that time that we are adding value. We are not attempting to train up inexperienced resources on your dime, but rather use experienced resources to get to the bottom of you questions and resolve them as quickly as possible. Please see our list of Areas of Specialty to find out more.

There are a number of leading edge planning software services that are described in this site. Companies most often cannot do what I describe in this site, which is why there is so much opportunity in supply chain planning in general. I'm Shaun Snapp and I offer the same project and software knowledge that you see in my articles and books in my consulting services. If you would like to get more value from your planning systems, contact me for a consultation.
Interested in contacting us? Call us at (408) 657-0249 or contact us electronically.