Hatmill is a supply chain and logistics advisor working with companies to improve their forecasting, warehouses, transport and inventory.

Founded 13 years ago by Simon Dixon, we’ve grown our business through word-of-mouth. We work with large and medium-sized companies, including some of the UK’s leading and most trusted brands, to improve their supply chains so they become more profitable and can transform their customers’ experience.

Our broader consultancy work includes:​

- Network design​

- Logistics performance improvement – warehousing and transportation​

- Cost to serve analysis​

- Sales and operations planning (S&OP)​

- Forecasting and demand management ​

In addition to consulting, we offer ongoing support services to clients:​

- Outsourced demand forecasting - creating more accurate, dependable forecasts to reduce excess stock and lost ‘out of stock’ sales

- Supply chain analytics - reviewing the success of events, and opportunities to improve order and transport profiles​

- Warehouse optimisation - maximising capability and capacity of a site by structuring and laying out warehousing space in the most efficient way

Working at Hatmill:

We’re different from other consulting and supply chain services firms:

- We’re a team of 45+ supply chain and logistics specialists, who have all come from industry

- We’re a ‘Teal’ organisation (link to https://www.reinventingorganizations.com) - self-organisation and self-management are how we’re hard-wired. We take responsibility for our governance and how we interact with each other

- We don’t have job titles, and we don’t do hierarchy

- Instead of boxed-in roles and job descriptions, we are fluid and projects are often self-selected

In our work, we’ve helped organisations to develop strategy, design, plan, project manage and implement large-scale, complex transformation projects such as warehouse automation, 3PL outsourcing, warehouse management systems and forecasting. Our clients include Royal Mail, Boots, Asda, Burberry, Sony, NHS Supply Chain, and Greggs. Established over ten years ago, we’ve grown our business through word-of-mouth. We’re proud of our track record, working with some of the UK’s leading and most trusted brands.

We provide end-to-end supply chain and logistics support to deliver improvements to warehouses, transport forecasting and inventory, so clients become more profitable and transform their customers’ experience.

We help organisations to develop strategy, design, plan, project manage and implement large-scale, complex transformation projects such as warehouse automation, 3PL outsourcing, warehouse management systems and forecasting.

Supply Chain and Network Strategy

We can provide end-to-end supply chain support to design, develop and deliver a resilient supply chain solution. 

Warehousing

Our independent team improve warehouse processes, optimise space and resources, leverage warehouse automation, and design new warehousing. 

Forecasting and Inventory

We’ll generate more accurate demand forecasts and align inventory to unlock working capital and improve the customer experience. 

Transport and Logistics

We’ll reduce your transport and logistics distribution costs, optimise your transport network and implement improvements to your logistics. 

Warehouse Automation

Independent of any third-party suppliers, we have designed, developed and implemented automated solutions across a wide range of technologies. 

Virtual Forecaster

Our outsourced demand forecast service combines the expertise of our team with proven, advanced algorithms to take the pain out of demand planning.

Our values shape the way in which we work with clients to make sure they are delighted with the outcome of any project we do together. We believe our core values make us a consultancy with the client at the heart of everything we do.

We are one team

We do not engage in internal politics. We offer and accept feedback, whether positive or formative, from our colleagues. We recognise this is the only way we will improve our performance.​

We build long term relationships with our clients

We benefit from long term relationships with our clients. We take an active interest in their career, their development and their progress. ​

What we do is better value than our competitors

Through keeping our operating costs to a minimum it enables us to deliver better value than others with higher overheads.

We are always honest with our clients

Our clients trust us to tell it like it is. We are not afraid of voicing our opinions.​

We only do projects we are capable of delivering

We are only as good as our last project. We ensure we only take on work we are confident we can deliver.​

We maintain the lowest cost to operate

Our clients do not value our overheads so we keep them to a minimum.​

We all share in the financial success of the business​

Our people are entirely responsible for our success, it is only fair that they benefit from the success of Hatmill.​

As a ‘Teal’ organisation, Hatmill’s operating model is non-hierarchical and the team have significant influence over when and where they work, something that has boosted staff retention, morale and wellbeing. We’ve attracted experts who are attracted by the culture and operate a policy of only recruiting people from industry, which in turn benefits our clients. We have self-managing teams as the people closest to the challenge are best placed and motivated to decide how something should be managed and organised. Removing management allows the consulting team the freedom to address problems themselves, rather than passing challenges up the chain of command.

We carry no job titles as they serve no purpose in consulting organisations. We have clear values that guide the team in their decisions and behaviours; values that enable the team to check themselves and each other against. The team share in our financial success which motivates them to meet business objectives. The result is a culture focused on collaboration, shared values, peer feedback to improve client value and the delivery of successful projects.