Capital trapped in inventory
Excess stock in C products and stockouts in A products. Money invested where it doesn't perform.
−10 to 25% of inventory value
S&OP · Supply Chain · Artificial Intelligence
Turn your supply chain
Turn your supply chain
into a
real competitive advantage.
Specialized consulting in S&OP, demand & supply planning, inventory policy, and applied AI. Built for mid-size manufacturing companies in Colombia and LatAm that need results, not slide decks.
You're losing money every day. Most companies don't see it.
In mid-size manufacturing, the cost of poor planning hides in working capital, lost sales, and team time. Here are the most common symptoms.
Forecast without method
Forecast built in Excel by gut feel. High WMAPE, unmeasured bias, no Forecast Value Add.
1-3% revenue lost
Intuition-based decisions
Committees without clear data. Long meetings without RACI or documented decisions.
Productivity < 50% of planning team
Demand and supply misaligned
Sales promises what production can't deliver. Chronic backorders.
5-15% of service compromised
Outdated BOM
Bill of materials in ERP doesn't reflect actual recipe. Theoretical vs. real costs diverge.
2-5% of gross margin
No S&OP governance
Meetings only in crisis, not as a management rhythm. No functional Executive S&OP.
Gap vs. PBO between 8-20% unexplained
4 professional services. Designed for your maturity level.
Each service has bounded scope, specific deliverables, defined timeline, and transparent USD pricing. Every dollar delivers a tangible output — no vague consulting.
S&OP Assessment
Starting point. 2-3 weeks.
- 360° S&OP maturity evaluation (5 levels)
- Quantitative analysis of current KPIs
- Prioritized improvement roadmap
- Business case with estimated ROI
- Final executive presentation
Investment
USD 8K – 18K
Fixed fee based on operation size
S&OP Modules
Modular implementation. 6-12 weeks.
- Demand Review · Supply Review
- Inventory Review · Executive S&OP
- Integrated MPS/MRP · Capacity planning
- Differentiated inventory policy
- Processes, manuals, dashboards & training
Investment per module
USD 10K – 35K
Per module, based on complexity
Continuous Advisory
Your team, advised month to month.
- Tier Light: 1 meeting/week + support
- Tier Standard: 2 meetings/week + dashboards
- Tier Premium: part-time dedication + on-call
- Quarterly KPIs and PBO review
- Client team coaching
Monthly retainer
USD 4.5K – 9K
/ month · 3-12 months
Planning as a Service
SOPLAI runs your planning. You decide.
- SOPLAI runs your monthly S&OP cycle
- Forecast, policy, MPS, integrated dashboards
- Executive S&OP committee with your team
- Working capital + service guaranteed
- Hybrid model: outsourcing + knowledge transfer
Monthly
USD 6K – 18K
/ month + variable by results
Behind every service: SOPLAI's internal toolkit of 12 proprietary tools
SOPLAI's intellectual property. Not for sale. We use them to accelerate your assessment, model your policy, and deliver results other consultancies can't achieve in the same timeframe.
T1Advanced ABC-XYZ
T2Inventory Policy
T3Forecasting
T4Demand Dashboard
T5MPS
T6Multi-level BOM
T7MRP
T8Capacity Planning
T9Supply Dashboard
T10Coverage Report
T11Inventory Quality
T12Financial Simulator
4 phases. Results from week 3.
We don't sell 2-year digital transformations. We sell verifiable results in short timelines, with knowledge transfer so your team operates autonomously.
Assessment
Quantified baseline. Driver identification. Business case with expected ROI.
2-3 weeks
Design
Processes, RACI, calibrated policies and models fitted to your real data.
3-5 weeks
Implementation
Pilot in one segment, fine-tuning and rollout to the full portfolio.
4-8 weeks
Support
Monthly review, KPI adjustment, team coaching. Full knowledge transfer.
4-12 weeks
Inventory Review — Coverage by segment
Live data
Total coverage
42 days
↓ 22% vs baseline
% SKUs on target
91%
↑ 14pp vs baseline
Class A service
98.4%
↑ 11pp vs baseline
Capital released
$1.4B
COP, in 90 days
AX — Aurora 50mlAX28dON TARGET
AY — Vesper EDPAY35dON TARGET
AZ — Selva TropicalAZ52dREVIEW
CZ — Roll-on 8mlCZ12dDISCONTINUE
Average ROI Year 1: 3-5×
In projects focused on inventory policy + Demand Review, the average client recovers their investment within the first 90 days and releases significant working capital in year one.
$1.4BCapital released · $20B COP revenue company
−18%Net inventory reduction
+12ppService level improvement
5×SOPLAI investment payback Year 1
Real results
What those who've worked with SOPLAI say.
Pilots and references from mid-size manufacturing companies in Colombia and the region.
Who's behind it
A supply chain boutique with real operational experience.
SOPLAI was founded by Xime Vallejo, a senior professional with over 15 years leading planning, S&OP, and operations functions at multinational FMCG and process manufacturing companies.
We're not a large consultancy with catalog methodologies. We're a specialized boutique combining methodological rigor (APICS, IBF, Oliver Wight) with applied artificial intelligence to accelerate assessments, model policies, and automate analyses that previously required weeks.
We work with mid-size manufacturers (USD 10M – 200M revenue) in Colombia and LatAm that need verifiable results, not 18-month projects with junior consultants.
Xime Vallejo
Founder & Lead Consultant · SOPLAI
SOPLAI in numbers
- S&OP leadership experience15+ years
- Industries of originFMCG · Cosmetics · Industrial
- Target geographyColombia & LatAm
- Ideal client sizeUSD 10M-200M revenue
- Time to first result30-90 days
- Working languagesSpanish · English
- Internal tools12 (proprietary kit)
Contact
Start with a free initial assessment.
30 minutes via video call. No commitment. You'll leave with 3 quantified supply chain improvement opportunities.