End-to-End Supply Chain Network Design
Introduction
End-to-end network design is continuously emerging as a key enabler of competitiveness, operational efficiency, and multichannel adaptability. From demand planning and forecasting for supplier purchase orders, to fulfilling customer orders with low cost and high service. End-to-End Network Design is important for companies to make sure they are not optimizing one piece of the supply chain while jeopardizing the performance of another. The structural design of the logistics and production network is key to building flexible and efficient chains that respond to diverse channels: retail, e-commerce, D2C, and B2B, ensuring scalable and competitive structures.
Figure 1: An exemplary visualization
Relevance of Capability
Strategic design for high-impact decisions
Network design software has become more readily available and easier to use. But -software doesn't replace experience and knowledge required to properly optimize the entire supply chain. Experience designing and modeling complex supply chains will drive feasible, implementable solutions and avoid the common “analysis paralysis”.
Our projects enable key business decisions, such as:
- Expansion or consolidation of the logistics and production footprint
- Evaluation and location of new hubs, plants, and distribution centers
- Prioritization of investments in strategic assets based on demand, service level, and profitability scenarios
- Support in developing business cases for CAPEX
- Fleet optimization and transportation cost structure
- Comprehensive inventory optimization, considering network limitations, production capacity, minimum batch sizes, and shipping frequency
Capability Insights
The Miebach Difference
Miebach designs end-to-end supply chain networks through a holistic, data-driven, and execution-ready approach that spans strategy, operations, and engineering. Our process ensures that the network is optimized not just for cost, but for resilience, service, scalability, and sustainability. We go beyond facility engineering or network design to incorporate important performance aspects such as inventory deployment, customer service, and impacts on supply chain planning. We bring an unbiased approach to your network strategy and design, with no alternative motives to sell you solutions or systems that are not in your best interests. Miebach is fully specialized in supply chain and operations, unlike generalist consulting firms that cover multiple domains. This singular focus allows us to go deeper - bringing decades of experience, industry-specific insights, and technical rigor to every project.
Miebach is your expert end-to-end network design partner. We combine strategy, technology, and execution to transform your supply chain from the ground up.
Contact us to explore your network's potential together.