LCP Expands End-to-End Supply Chain Expertise with Appointment of Leading FMCG and Food-service Expert

 [October 2, 2015] LCP Consulting, the leading specialist in customer-driven supply chain and business operations consultancy - has appointed Richard Walters as Partner in the firm’s Manufacturing practice. 

LCP clients include global foodservice manufacturers, the UK’s largest retailer, and 6 of the top 10 UK retailers. With LCP’s manufacturing practice rapidly expanding alongside its retail practice, the consultancy has continued to build on its capabilities and experience at both ends of the supply chain – providing clients with a market leading end-to-end solution.  

Walters will work with the LCP manufacturing team to deliver services for FMCG and foodservice clients such as manufacturing platform optimisation, operations improvement, and implementation of global planning solutions (S&OP/CRM).

After completing an MBA at Leeds University, Walters joined Bidwells Agribusiness, specialising in strategic supply chain projects for the UK’s retail and foodservice sectors. More recently, he established the Stonesthrow Food Co., an e-commerce based home delivery business delivering fresh and local food.

John Lockton, Managing Director, LCP Consulting said:

“Richard’s appointment illustrates the continued expansion of our dedicated practice, which now advises many of the world’s leading manufacturers."

Richard’s extensive foodservice and retail experience will complement our market leading end-to-end supply chain offer. His in-depth knowledge of e-commerce customer experiences and how they link to supply management systems and processes, will be an invaluable asset for our clients.” 

About LCP Consulting

LCP Consulting is the leading global specialist consultancy in business operations and customer-driven supply chain management - unlocking significant and sustainable business value for its clients.  LCP helps design and realise innovative business operating models, through end-to-end supply chain strategies founded in commercial reality. Driven by this ambition for its clients, LCP has been delivering enduring success, for over 20 years working internationally across a range of sectors including retail, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, government and logistics service providers, to provide expertise in:

• Business operating models
• Customer and commercial proposition
• Business Insights through Analytics
• End-to-end supply chain management
• People and organisational development
• Research and benchmarking

Working alongside its clients at every stage in this journey, LCP provides the right blend of broad business and specialist expertise, a rigorous and analytical fact-based approach, underpinned with leading edge thinking.

The consultancy’s rapidly growing retail practice offers advice to the UK’s largest retailer, 6 of the top 10 UK retailers, and a substantial number of top 50 European retailers.