KCL Consulting works with Vancouver-area 3PLs and growing product brands on the operational side of the business: how inventory moves, how the warehouse runs, what the numbers say, and the software that ties it together.

Warehouse & Inventory Operations

Practical improvements to how a warehouse receives, stores, picks and ships, whether the orders are wholesale to stores, e-commerce to consumers or replenishment into Amazon FBA.

  • Inventory control and cycle counting programs
  • Receiving, put-away and slotting
  • Pick, pack and ship workflows across B2B, D2C and FBA channels
  • Warehouse management system (WMS) setup, configuration and process fit
  • Vendor compliance and inbound standards

Software & Product Project Management

Small companies often have capable developers but no one whose job is to turn operational needs into a clear roadmap. KCL acts as that bridge: gathering requirements from warehouse and customer teams, prioritizing the backlog, writing specifications and managing releases.

The focus is operations software such as order management, warehouse management and B2B ordering, where knowing how a warehouse actually runs matters as much as knowing how software gets built.

  • Product roadmaps and backlog prioritization
  • Requirements and functional specifications
  • Release planning and user acceptance testing
  • Rollout, training and adoption with operations teams

Data Analysis & KPIs

Dashboards and metrics that show what is happening on the floor and where to act, built so the people running the operation actually use them.

  • KPI frameworks from executive level down to individual teams
  • Operational dashboards and reporting (Power BI, Excel and similar)
  • Inventory analysis: ABC ranking, stock health, stranded inventory
  • Carrier and vendor performance scorecards

Strategic Planning & Organizational Design

For businesses at a turning point: supply chain roadmaps, operating models and team structures that support the next stage of growth. Kevin has done this work for current clients and at Mountain Equipment Co-op, where he co-chaired the design of a new go-to-market operating model and wrote a three-year supply chain roadmap.

Questions about any of these services? Email kevin [at] kclconsulting.ca.