Hatmill celebrates a decade of growth and a host of new joiners to the team

Simon Dixon, Founder Hatmill

Yorkshire-based supply chain and logistics consultancy Hatmill is celebrating a decade of growth and a host of new joiners to the team.

Hatmill is a supply chain and logistics consultancy that works with clients to deliver improvements to their forecasting, warehouses, transport and inventory. Founder Simon Dixon set up Hatmill in 2009 to provide clients with hands-on practical help with their supply chain problems. He’d previously led PwC’s logistics consulting team and gained industry experience at Asda Wal*Mart.

Initially established to allow Simon to work as an independent consultant, by 2011 he was turning down work, so he decided to scale the business. Now 10 years on, the team is over 20 strong and has grown consistently at a rate of around 45% per year.

Well respected industry experts Terry Murphy, Andy Smith and Joe Metcalfe have recently joined the firm from the likes of John Lewis, along with mechanical engineering graduate Sam Hutt, to significantly boost its automation capability. Their industry expertise is second to none and their combined experience will be a huge boost to Hatmill’s clients.

Hatmill believes that all supply chains can be improved and it’s their goal to help clients do this to increase profitability and customer satisfaction. Hatmill helps clients make lasting improvements to their performance and delivers outstanding expertise, experience and value to their clients’ projects.

Clients include retailers, manufacturers and distributors including Sainsburys, Cummins, Wilko, Bestway, ASDA, Arco, Sony, Greggs, Universal Music and many more blue-chip brands. In end of project surveys, 100% of clients would recommend Hatmill to others.

Hatmill’s growth plans include expanding overseas, particularly in the US as well as targeting the rail, construction and infrastructure sectors.

Hatmill isn’t your typical consultancy; their operating model is non-hierarchical – there’s no rank or job titles, no promotions. The entire team collaborate on strategy and self-manage when it comes to how they deliver for clients, something that has boosted staff retention, morale and wellbeing; they’ve attracted industry experts who are drawn by the
culture.

There’s total transparency around finances and all the team benefit from the financial success of Hatmill, now and as the business grows into the future.

Many of the team work virtually which reduces overheads so these cost savings can be passed onto clients. Hatmill competes against the big consultancy firms, but their hands-on approach approach to delivering improvements, along with their relentless cost focus, means they are often better value than their competitors.

Simon Dixon, Founder of Hatmill said:

‘It’s been a fantastic 10 years and I’m really proud of what we’ve achieved. The growth of Hatmill is beyond my wildest dreams and the calibre of the people we’ve recruited is second to none. I’m delighted to welcome Terry, Andy, Joe and Sam to boost our automation capability.

Our unique culture has attracted industry experts and we’ve demonstrated
time and time again that a growing firm from Yorkshire can compete against
the big consultancy firms. Our people are entirely responsible for the
success of Hatmill so it’s only fair that they benefit from our financial
success too.

Our ethos is that every supply chain can be improved, and our recurring
client base and customer satisfaction scores consistently demonstrate
this.
We bring give our clients a commercial, pragmatic approach from a team who
have walked in our clients’ shoes.

We’ve got ambitious plans to grow the business, particularly with our
Virtual Forecaster offer helping businesses improve working capital as
well
as winning more work in the rail, construction and infrastructure
sectors.”

ENDS

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