Clarify Your Supply Chain

If you’re wondering why your supply chain still feels broken, have a communication issue between supply chain and operations, or simply need to build more supply chain value, we can help.

Improve your supply chain value…

Ask yourself…

Do you know where your supply chain is strong or weak? This is not about getting containers through the Panama or Suez canals, it’s about your processes.

Do you have written contracts with your critical suppliers, or are you open to risk if your handshake deal falls through?

Do you have a clean receiving process, or are you constantly losing things and you don’t know why?

Do you receive clear and understandable bid analyses from your purchasing team, or do you struggle to translate colorful spreadsheets into the right price to quote customers?

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Leadership Experience

With leadership experience in utility & manufacturing supply chains from 4-150 team members, Passwall Solutions can find the weak links in your supply chain. Supply chains are a whole process from contracting and sourcing, through demand planning, to order entry and delivery, and assessing the performance of the complete cycle. If any of those links are broken, that might be why your supply chain isn’t performing as it should. Contact us about what doesn’t seem to be working in your supply chain and we can have a candid conversation about getting you back on track.

The Passwall Solutions Supply Chain 360 Review identifies both strengths and gaps in your supply chain, and has helped companies like Berkshire Hathaway Energy, MasTec and Wittern Group find 4-11% of their annual spend in savings and risk reduction opportunities.

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About Us

We help operations leaders reduce costs and time to bid in all spend categories, while building a supply chain that leverages your weight in the marketplace.

Recent Work:
Improved On-Time Delivery

Passwall Solutions helped the client increase their on-time delivery from 65% to 82%.

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Break Through the Supply Chain Wall with Our Range of Solutions

Supply Chain 360

This two-week comprehensive review will clarify your supply chain, assess strengths and opportunities, and find value-added possibilities.

Quick Kaizen

This one-day event will clean up and document a process while reducing steps 10-30%.

Consulting

Contact me for expert guidance on how to reduce your supply chain spend.

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Insights…

Here’s where you’ll learn how to cut costs while improving efficiency.

It’s Not Category Management without a Category Strategy

by Janice Marquardt | Oct 7, 2025 | Definitions, Org Chart, Processes

Today’s article is about what a category strategy is (and is not), what goes into a category strategy, and how to maintain a strategy’s relevance as part of a larger supply chain ecosystem. A category management approach isn’t true category management without strategies that drive value.

Know Your Award Scenario

by Janice Marquardt | Sep 30, 2025 | Definitions, e-Auctions, Supply Chain Career

Today’s article is about potential award scenarios, when they are useful, and pitfalls of each option, including winner takes all, cherry picking, by subcategory, and allocated percentages. I also give some overall thoughts on award scenarios and the importance of knowing them ahead of a negotiation or e-auction.

Notes from ProcureCon East 2025: Leading Teams and Tariff Strategies

by Janice Marquardt | Sep 23, 2025 | Savings, Uncategorized

Today’s article is my notes from ProcureCon US Indirect East – including thoughts from the keynote panel on managing procurement teams through uncertain time, bullet points from a session on concrete tariff mitigation strategies, and my general musings on the conference.

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