Argon & Co

Helps organizations improve performance, create value and navigate restructuring with practical turnaround and implementation support.

Helps organizations turn strategic objectives into measurable operational results through strategy development, transformation design and implementation support.

Aligns operating models, processes and decision-making with strategy to support measurable performance improvement and transformation.

Provides M&A and deal advisory expertise, including due diligence and support for corporate development and acquisition-related integration and transformation.

Helps organizations design and improve warehouse operations, systems and capacity to support growth and effective distribution.

Improves transportation performance by reducing freight costs, using capacity effectively and building more reliable freight operations.

Builds responsive planning capabilities that help teams make informed decisions, align plans with operational constraints and balance cost, inventory and service.

Improves procurement performance, uncovers savings, strengthens supplier resilience and turns procurement strategies into lasting operational change.

Helps manufacturers improve productivity and operational performance through shop-floor improvements, transformation support and digital tools.

Improves logistics performance and identifies cost opportunities through network design, operational improvement and transportation optimization.

Improves finance and support-function performance through transformation, process optimization, SG&A reduction and performance management.

Improves supply chain sustainability by reducing unsold stock, advancing decarbonisation and developing ethical, compliant and circular operations.

Turns data and AI into more effective operational processes, faster decisions and measurable business value.

Helps clients address digital challenges so they can adapt to technological change, innovate and grow.

Connects supply chain strategy with technology implementation to support end-to-end transformation and business-aligned outcomes.

Helps clients address innovation challenges and adapt, innovate and grow in a changing technological landscape.

Aligns people, roles and processes to support operational excellence and consistent execution.

Performance and restructuring

Argon & Co supports performance improvement, value creation, turnaround and restructuring. Work includes cost-cutting programs, restructuring and reorganization concepts, and support inside and outside insolvency proceedings. The team works with boards and senior stakeholders to develop and implement change, including in interim leadership and advisory roles.

• Navigate Turnaround And Restructuring
  Provides support across complex turnaround and restructuring situations, including work connected with insolvency proceedings.
• Improve Performance And Create Value
  Supports value-creation initiatives and operational improvement across different organization types.
• Develop And Implement Restructuring Plans
  Supports the development and implementation of restructuring and reorganization concepts.
• Optimize Costs
  Addresses cost performance through cost optimization and cost-cutting programs.

Strategy and transformation

Argon & Co helps clients translate strategy into action and measurable operational results. The service covers strategy formulation and implementation, organizational design, transformation programme delivery and change management. Work can include scenario modelling, operating models, decision-making capabilities and operating rhythms that connect organizational levels.

• Turn Strategy Into Action
  Connects strategic objectives with implementation and measurable operational results.
• Deliver Transformation Programmes
  Connects strategic objectives to execution through programme delivery, governance and management structures.
• Design Fit-For-Purpose Organizations
  Shapes structures and operating models around organizational objectives and implementation needs.
• Embed Change In Transformation
  Addresses change as an integral part of programme delivery.
• Align Decisions Across Teams
  Connects decisions across organizational levels and business units through shared operating rhythms.
• Drive Value Creation
  Structures and implements programmes focused on value creation as part of transformation.
• Model Strategic Scenarios
  Enables leaders to examine alternatives during programme design and decision-making.

Operating model

Argon & Co helps organizations design fit-for-purpose operating models, assess and improve processes, and support large-scale transformation. Work can translate strategy into executable plans and establish governance, decision-making approaches and operating rhythms across teams.

• Design Fit-For-Purpose Operating Models
  Establishes operating models suited to organizational needs and business units.
• Translate Strategy Into Execution
  Connects strategic objectives with practical plans and operational implementation.
• Implement Operating Model Change
  Supports implementation of operating model changes through programme support and integrated change management.
• Assess And Improve Processes
  Identifies process improvements that support operating model changes and performance improvement.
• Connect Decisions Across Teams
  Aligns decisions through governance and rhythms linking executive, management and operational teams.
• Track Operating Model Progress
  Makes progress visible through maturity frameworks and supports continued improvement.

Mergers and acquisitions

Argon & Co provides M&A and deal advisory, drawing on experience leading corporate development programmes and comprehensive M&A activities. Expertise includes commercial and financial due diligence for SME corporate and private-equity transactions across Europe, as well as change and transformation programmes.

• Evaluate Commercial And Financial Deal Factors
  Assesses relevant commercial and financial factors in transactions.
• Advance Corporate Development And M&A Programmes
  Applies experience leading corporate development programmes and M&A activities.
• Support Acquisition Integration And Transformation
  Provides support for acquisition-related integration and transformation.

Warehousing

Argon & Co provides consulting on warehouse design, operations and transformation. Expertise includes automated warehouse design, warehouse management systems, multichannel logistics operations and optimization of existing sites. The team also supports distribution center design and development, including greenfield facilities, expansions, retrofits and capacity analysis.

• Design Automated Warehouse Operations
  Supports planning of automated warehouse operations and facilities.
• Select And Implement Warehouse Systems
  Supports warehouse system projects from selection through implementation and testing.
• Optimize Existing Warehouse Sites
  Assesses and improves existing warehouse sites and operations.
• Design And Develop Distribution Centers
  Supports projects from greenfield design through expansions, retrofits and implementation.
• Plan Warehouse Capacity For Growth
  Analyzes capacity and throughput to support growth and peak operating periods.
• Transform Warehouse Operations And Infrastructure
  Supports warehouse transformation, consolidation and infrastructure implementation.
• Plan Automation And Handling Infrastructure
  Supports planning for material handling equipment, racking and conveyors.
• Support Multichannel Warehouse Operations
  Applies experience in multichannel logistics and automated warehouse planning.

Transportation

Argon & Co provides consulting on transportation strategy and operations. Expertise includes procurement and optimization, operational assessments, analytics for transportation and supply chain network design, and TMS and 3PL selection and implementation. Work also addresses shipment planning, load utilization, routing, dispatch, order quantities and shipment timing.

• Optimize Transportation Performance
  Connects strategic and operational decisions to identify productivity, cost and delivery improvements.
• Increase Truck Utilization
  Structures and schedules freight to use truck capacity more effectively and identify opportunities to reduce truck requirements.
• Improve Carrier Sourcing
  Supports sourcing decisions that consider reliability, carrier acceptance and rates.
• Identify Operational Improvements
  Identifies practical changes to improve transportation performance.
• Select And Implement TMS And 3PL Solutions
  Supports TMS and 3PL selection and implementation as part of operational improvement.
• Improve Network Decisions
  Applies analytics to identify opportunities across facilities, inventory, shipments and capacity.
• Strengthen Freight Reliability
  Addresses factors affecting freight reliability while pursuing cost and service improvements.

Supply chain planning

Argon & Co helps organizations design and transform supply chain planning processes, capabilities and systems. Work includes sales and operations planning, advanced planning system selection and implementation, and approaches that reconcile business requirements with operational constraints. Scenario modelling and decision support help teams evaluate alternatives, identify constraints and make informed choices. The service also supports planning transformation through process design, automation, operating model changes and technology implementation. It includes No Chain Planning®, an approach for constrained environments that reconciles requirements with feasibility, identifies blocking points and enables scenario simulation.

• Align Plans With Real Operational Constraints
  Helps teams plan around operational feasibility and identify the blockers affecting delivery.
• Test Scenarios Before Committing To Decisions
  Lets teams explore alternatives and their consequences before setting priorities and implementation plans.
• Balance Cost, Inventory And Service
  Helps teams make informed trade-offs across cost, inventory and service.
• Connect Leadership Decisions With Operations
  Connects decisions across organizational levels through planning capabilities and shared operating rhythms.
• Select And Implement Planning Systems
  Supports selection, implementation and integration of planning systems.
• Automate Repetitive Planning Work
  Structures information and prioritizes alerts to reduce manual coordination and support faster decisions.
• Transform Planning Processes And Operating Models
  Supports implementation of redesigned processes, operating models and systems to address inefficiencies.
• Align Operational Priorities
  Grounds team priorities in actual constraints and the issues affecting feasibility.
• Reduce Inventory
  A reported client example achieved inventory reductions of 20–30% through constraint-aligned decisions.
• Stabilize Service Levels
  Supports service-level stability by aligning planning decisions with operational constraints.
• Improve Cash Control
  Grounds operational decisions in feasibility to support improved cash control.

Procurement

Argon & Co’s procurement consulting helps organizations improve commercial and operational outcomes through procurement transformation, cost optimization, strategic sourcing and implementation. Work includes operating models, process and digital enablement, tendering, negotiation strategy, contract lifecycle management, procure-to-pay and system selection. The service also addresses supplier strategy, cost transparency, spend analytics and procurement capability.

• Transform Procurement Operations
  Aligns procurement structures and ways of working with strategic objectives and supports change implementation.
• Unlock Measurable Savings
  Targets savings and value through commercial improvement and implementation-focused transformation.
• Strengthen Sourcing Decisions
  Helps organizations make sourcing choices that consider cost, supply risk and operational requirements.
• Improve Negotiation Outcomes
  Equips teams with strategies and relevant commercial information for supplier discussions.
• Build Resilient Supplier Relationships
  Helps manage suppliers by category importance and risk and strengthen continuity.
• Reveal Actionable Cost Insights
  Helps identify consolidation, renegotiation, supplier rationalization and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Improve Procurement Processes
  Addresses process inefficiencies and improves the consistency and visibility of procurement activity.
• Strengthen Contract Management
  Helps organizations manage contracts and identify commercial terms requiring follow-up.
• Improve Procure-To-Pay
  Assesses and improves procure-to-pay processes as part of procurement transformation.
• Enable Procurement With Technology
  Aligns technology with processes and priorities while addressing data quality and ownership.
• Build Procurement Capability
  Provides direction for change and supports internal capability development.
• Improve Carrier And Freight Decisions
  Supports transportation procurement and carrier management alongside logistics and commercial considerations.

Manufacturing

Argon & Co provides operations consulting for manufacturers, supporting operational excellence, productivity improvement and transformation from strategy through implementation. Work includes diagnosing productivity losses, developing improvements with shop-floor teams and using digital tools to connect operational data and support problem-solving. Expertise also covers production and industrial planning, quality, maintenance, processes, systems and operating models.

• Improve Manufacturing Performance
  Improves operational performance through excellence initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Target High-Value Productivity Losses
  Establishes baselines and prioritizes root-cause improvements with financial impact.
• Embed Frontline-Led Improvement
  Engages frontline teams and equips them to sustain improvements.
• Accelerate Problem-Solving With Digital Tools
  Connects operational information to support faster problem-solving and improvement.
• Turn Manufacturing Strategy Into Action
  Connects strategic direction with implementation across manufacturing operations.
• Improve Production Planning
  Transforms industrial planning practices and related operations-planning processes.
• Strengthen Quality And Maintenance
  Addresses quality and maintenance as part of operational improvement.

Logistics

Argon & Co provides logistics consulting covering strategy, network design and operational transformation. Expertise includes logistics network strategy, operating model improvements, operational assessments and retendering across distribution, warehousing and final-mile operations. The team also supports transportation optimization by assessing shipment patterns, order policies, planning practices and commercial arrangements.

• Optimize Logistics Networks
  Shapes networks around operational needs, including consolidation and capacity growth.
• Improve Logistics Operations
  Supports practical improvements across complex logistics environments.
• Retender Logistics Services
  Supports retendering across complex logistics service arrangements.
• Improve Transportation Performance
  Identifies potential cost and service improvements and supports the changes needed to pursue them.

Finance and SG&A

Argon & Co’s Finance and SG&A service focuses on the performance and transformation of finance and support functions. Expertise includes shared services performance, outsourcing, post-acquisition integration of support functions, administrative and finance process optimization, SG&A reduction and performance management.

• Reduce SG&A Costs
  Targets SG&A reduction in finance and support-function transformation.
• Improve Shared Services
  Improves the performance of shared services.
• Optimize Finance Processes
  Improves administrative and finance processes through optimization.
• Manage Performance
  Supports performance management in finance and support functions.
• Address Outsourcing
  Helps organizations address outsourcing within support-function transformation.
• Integrate Support Functions
  Supports acquisition-related integration of finance and support functions.

Sustainability

Argon & Co’s sustainability consulting helps organizations address sustainability challenges across operations and supply chains. Expertise includes supply chain decarbonisation, ethical and compliant supply chains, circularity, and strategic plans with targets and structured actions. In fashion, the firm explores ways to reduce unsold stock at source and improve its sale or recovery through data, AI, planning, recycling and circular channels.

• Advance Sustainable Supply Chains
  Structures actions that address sustainability across supply chains.
• Reduce Unsold Stock At Source
  Adjusts supply to demand to reduce surplus inventory before it accumulates.
• Recover Value From Unsold Stock
  Explores resale, recycling and circular channels for unsold products.
• Set Targets And Structure Actions
  Translates sustainability ambitions into targets and structured action plans.

Data and AI

Argon & Co helps organizations transform operations by applying data, artificial intelligence and digital solutions to processes and decisions. Work identifies priority use cases, designs target processes, prepares data and develops solutions suited to operational needs. Support can span implementation, adoption and measurement of gains. Solutions include AI agents that help teams analyze information, prioritize action and make decisions.

• Transform Processes With Data And AI
  Applies technology to operational processes to address practical business challenges.
• Prioritize High-Value AI Use Cases
  Focuses investment on use cases tied to defined outcomes and build-or-buy decisions.
• Implement Solutions And Measure Gains
  Connects implementation with adoption and ongoing results measurement.
• Align Teams Around Governed AI
  Establishes governance and shared accountability for AI outcomes.
• Structure Fragmented Operational Information
  Brings operational information together and makes it usable for action.
• Prioritize Critical Supply Risks
  Helps teams distinguish urgent risks and consider actions to protect service and continuity.
• Turn Spend Data Into Actions
  Converts purchasing data into priorities for consolidation, renegotiation and compliance.
• Prioritize Logistics Penalty Cases
  Helps teams focus review on relevant evidence and cases.
• Detect Transport Invoice Discrepancies
  Helps teams review transport charges and identify anomalies.
• Accelerate Maintenance Diagnosis
  Makes relevant maintenance knowledge easier to access while technicians retain diagnostic responsibility.
• Augment Planning And Decision-Making
  Reduces manual coordination and helps teams anticipate issues and handle exceptions.
• Keep Teams In Control Of Decisions
  Organizes information for analysis while leaving final judgment with teams.
• Identify Contractual Savings Opportunities
  Finds contract terms and commitments that may require review or follow-up.
• Assess Supplier Value Beyond Price
  Broadens supplier evaluation beyond purchase price.
• Automate Structured Sourcing Events
  Automates defined sourcing tasks so buyers can focus on strategic categories.
• Evaluate Supply Chain Scenarios
  Helps teams compare alternatives before operational decisions.

Digital strategy

Argon & Co works with clients to address digital challenges and respond to an changing technological landscape. The digital strategy service supports clients in adapting, innovating and growing.

• Adapt To Technological Change
  Supports adaptation as technology changes.
• Advance Digital Innovation
  Supports innovation as clients address digital challenges.
• Support Digital Growth
  Supports growth as clients navigate digital challenges.

Systems integration

Argon & Co’s systems integration service, delivered through neos by Argon & Co, supports end-to-end digital transformation through technology implementation. The team combines technical expertise with business insight across enterprise planning systems, supply chain transformation and large-scale implementations, connecting supply chain strategy with technical execution. Solutions are designed to be robust and aligned with business outcomes.

• Implement Enterprise Planning Systems
  Supports enterprise planning system implementation through planning and transformation expertise.
• Integrate Supply Chain Technology
  Connects technology capabilities with planning and operational expertise.
• Connect Strategy To Execution
  Connects strategic direction with the technical implementation needed to put change into action.
• Deliver Large-Scale Implementations
  Supports complex technical execution and large-scale transformation.
• Align Technology With Business Outcomes
  Pairs technical robustness with practical business alignment.
• Modernize Planning Processes
  Supports planning modernization through process design, automation and system integration.

Innovation Lab

Argon & Co’s Innovation Lab is a digital service area for working with clients on innovation challenges. It sits within the firm’s digital services, which help clients address digital challenges and adapt, innovate and grow in a changing technological landscape.

• Adapt, Innovate, And Grow
  Helps clients respond to digital challenges as technology changes.

SCPrime

SCPrime is Argon & Co’s improvement approach, combining process and people capabilities to help ensure that the right people are in the right roles and consistently doing the right things.

Category: Business Process Improvement Consulting

• Combine Process And People Capabilities
  Brings process and people capabilities together in an integrated improvement approach.
• Place The Right People In The Right Roles
  Supports matching people to appropriate roles.
• Support Consistent Execution
  Helps teams consistently focus on and carry out the right work.