How We Work

We do the work, not just advise on it.

Cameo Consulting is a boutique firm, so the work stays hands-on and senior. There are three ways in: a fixed-fee Supply Chain Value Assessment, implementation sprints that build what the assessment finds, and ongoing advisory for fractional supply chain and technology leadership. Cameo builds the tools itself rather than pointing at them from the outside.

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Three ways to engage

What are the three ways to engage?

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Supply Chain Value Assessment

Most clients start here. The assessment comes in two sizes: a Rapid Diagnostic that covers one domain in 2 weeks, and a Full Assessment that covers the broader supply chain in 4 to 6 weeks. Either way, you get quantified opportunities: a savings list ranked by dollar size and effort to capture, with owners and dates, not a theme deck. The fee is fixed and quoted after a 30-minute scoping call.

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Implementation sprints

An assessment finds the money. Sprints capture it. Each sprint is a scoped block of work against one deliverable: run the carrier RFP, stand up the S&OP process, ship the dashboard or the tool. On one engagement, a $1B+ consumer packaging manufacturer went from dedicated fleet analysis to trucks on the road in 3 months, with $1M in savings identified in one month.

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Ongoing advisory

Fractional supply chain and technology leadership for companies between a spreadsheet and a full-time hire. You get a set number of days per month, senior input on carrier negotiations, systems decisions, and hiring, and a standing owner for the savings list. Most advisory clients start after a sprint, when the question shifts from what to fix to keeping it fixed.

How I run engagements

How do I run engagements?

Hands-on and senior

Whoever scopes your work does the work. Engagements stay hands-on and senior from the first call, not handed down to a rotating project team.

Knowledge transfer is a deliverable, not a courtesy

Every engagement ends with your team able to run what was built. On a transportation engagement for a North American rail components manufacturer with $12M in freight spend, the final week was structured offboarding: the internal team took ownership of the lane benchmarks, the dashboards, and the carrier process, so the function stayed improved without me.

You own the tools

Dashboards, models, and applications get built in your environment and belong to you. No consultant login is required to refresh a number, and no license fee flows back to me.

Specialists when the work calls for it

When a project needs depth I do not carry, I bring in a specialist partner I have worked with before, and I tell you exactly who is doing what. You never discover a stranger on your project.

Frequently asked questions

How do you price your work?
Assessments are fixed fee, quoted after a 30-minute scoping call, so you know the full cost before you commit. Implementation sprints are priced the same way, a fixed fee against a defined deliverable. Ongoing advisory runs as a monthly retainer sized to a set number of days. No open-ended hourly billing.
How long does a typical engagement take?
A Rapid Diagnostic takes 2 weeks and a Full Assessment takes 4 to 6 weeks. Implementation sprints usually run 4 to 12 weeks depending on the deliverable; a full carrier RFP takes 6 to 10 weeks from data pull to signed rates. Advisory is month to month for as long as it earns its keep.
What data access do you need?
Less than you might expect. A typical starting set is 12 months of freight invoices or shipment history, an inventory snapshot, and whatever your ERP or TMS can export to a flat file. Read-only extracts are fine, and I work with imperfect data every week. If the data is messy, that finding usually becomes part of the assessment.
Do you work remote or on-site?
Both. Analysis happens remotely, and I come on-site where seeing the operation matters: kickoff, plant or warehouse walkthroughs, and the final readout. A typical assessment includes 1 to 3 site visits. I am based in Chicago and work across North America.

Ready to see what an assessment would find?

A 30-minute scoping call is enough to tell you whether an assessment makes sense and what it would cost. If it does not make sense, I will say so on the call.

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