Strategic Management Consulting

Turn supply chain complexity into competitive advantage.

Perpetual8 combines deep supply chain expertise with AI, purpose-built web applications, interactive segmentation, and alert-driven decision dashboards — delivering practical solutions without the cost and disruption of traditional ERP programs.

Top 100 America’s largest supply chains
  • Walmart
  • Amazon
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Apple
  • CVS Health
  • Berkshire Hathaway
  • Alphabet
  • Exxon Mobil
  • McKesson
  • Cencora
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Costco
  • Cigna
  • Microsoft
  • Cardinal Health
  • Chevron
  • Bank of America
  • General Motors
  • Ford
  • Elevance Health
  • Citigroup
  • Meta
  • Centene
  • Home Depot
  • Fannie Mae
  • Walgreens
  • Kroger
  • Phillips 66
  • Marathon Petroleum
  • Verizon
  • NVIDIA
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Wells Fargo
  • Valero
  • Comcast
  • State Farm
  • AT&T
  • Freddie Mac
  • Humana
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Target
  • StoneX
  • Tesla
  • Dell Technologies
  • PepsiCo
  • Walt Disney
  • UPS
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • FedEx
  • Archer Daniels Midland
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Lowe's
  • Energy Transfer
  • RTX
  • Albertsons
  • Sysco
  • Progressive
  • American Express
  • Lockheed Martin
  • MetLife
  • HCA Healthcare
  • Prudential
  • Boeing
  • Caterpillar
  • Merck
  • Allstate
  • Pfizer
  • IBM
  • New York Life
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Publix
  • Nationwide
  • TD SYNNEX
  • United Airlines
  • ConocoPhillips
  • TJX
  • AbbVie
  • Enterprise Products
  • Charter Communications
  • Performance Food Group
  • American Airlines
  • Capital One
  • Cisco
  • HP Inc.
  • Tyson Foods
  • Intel
  • Oracle
  • Broadcom
  • John Deere
  • Nike
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Coca-Cola
  • Best Buy
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Dow
  • General Dynamics
  • Honeywell
  • Abbott
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Bristol Myers Squibb

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AI & AnalyticsSupply ChainDecision IntelligenceDigital Enablement
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    Case Studies

    Proven from the inside.

    Before founding Perpetual8, Richard led these programs as an in-house supply chain leader. Every Perpetual8 engagement now runs on the same playbook: find the real constraint, fix the data and the process, and hold the gains.

    Samsung Electronics2007–2014 · Consumer electronics

    From an “F” to the #1 subsidiary in the world

    Challenge
    Performance metrics graded “F”, $100M of excess inventory, and slow replenishment to major retail and carrier customers.
    Approach
    As process owner for CPFR, aligned planning with each carrier account, including Verizon Wireless. Then converted carrier customers to a collaborative, demand-driven (pull) replenishment model backed by the global headquarters supply network. Led six account teams of up to 35 people.
    #1 global subsidiary $100M excess reduced & repositioned <6 days replenishment

    VICS CPFR Implementation Excellence Award (first place) · Gartner Best Practices Case Study

    Joerns Healthcare2014–2018 · Medical devices

    Service up, inventory down 40%

    Challenge
    Service levels below 85% and field cycle-count accuracy near 60%, across central distribution and 135 regional distribution centers.
    Approach
    Rebuilt inventory planning, procurement and S&OP. Tuned SAP planning parameters and guided the team through CRM and SAP ECC deployments under ISO 13485 and FDA rules.
    >96% service level −40% corporate inventory >95% cycle-count accuracy
    JUUL Labs2019–2023 · Regulated consumer products

    A $100M regulated inventory clearance in four months

    Challenge
    $100M of FDA-banned inventory spread across contract manufacturers in the US and China and 3PLs in North America, EMEA and APAC.
    Approach
    Ran the global clearance end to end, with documented destruction and full compliance with FDA, DOT, ATF and EPA requirements.
    4 months to complete $15M+ tariff clawback documented
    IPSY2023–2024 · Subscription retail

    Inventory control that ended the annual count

    Challenge
    Cycle-count accuracy of 86% across two 3PL warehouses feeding monthly subscription kitting, and a dependence on full-scale annual audits.
    Approach
    Designed and implemented a formal inventory control program: inbound tracking, quality protocols, SLA monitoring and a reworked cycle-count process.
    98.6% cycle-count accuracy −15% on-hand inventory −99% book-to-book variance

    Eliminated the need for full-scale annual audits.

    Earlier programs

    • Gillette–Walmart CPFR deploymentTechnical lead linking supply chain and demand planning data across all business units · 2001
    • S&OP (SIOP) rolloutBusiness process owner aligning supply and demand planning across three newly merged companies · 2000
    • SAP APO demand planningFunctional lead for the demand planning model and forecasting profiles · 2000
    • Assemble-to-order conversionProject manager moving Nokia factory operations from make-to-stock to assemble-to-order, including SAP changes · 2003
    • Global SAP consolidationFactory single point of contact for Nokia’s global SAP upgrade to a single instance · 2005
    • Fast Response UnitProject manager building Nokia’s small-order processing and direct-to-retail shipping capability · 2006

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    Core Supply Chain Services

    End-to-end expertise. Precisely where you need it.

    Perpetual8 brings together the disciplines that determine supply chain performance — then connects them with data, analytics, and practical digital tools.

    01 / STRATEGY

    Supply Chain Strategy

    Translate business strategy into a supply chain operating model designed for growth, resilience, service, and cash.

    Network StrategyOperating ModelTransformation
    02 / PLANNING

    S&OP / IBP

    Build planning processes that connect demand, supply, inventory, financial objectives, and executive decisions.

    Demand PlanningSupply PlanningIBP
    03 / INVENTORY

    Inventory Optimization

    Segment inventory intelligently and target service levels, safety stock, working capital, and replenishment policies.

    SegmentationSafety StockWorking Capital
    04 / PROCUREMENT

    Procurement & Sourcing

    Improve supplier performance, sourcing decisions, spend visibility, risk management, and strategic procurement.

    SourcingSupplier RiskSpend Analytics
    05 / OPERATIONS

    Manufacturing & Operations

    Connect capacity, constraints, production priorities, materials, and execution to improve throughput and reliability.

    CapacityConstraintsExecution
    06 / LOGISTICS

    Logistics & Distribution

    Optimize transportation, distribution, fulfillment, service, and logistics cost with actionable visibility.

    TransportationDistributionService
    07 / DATA

    Supply Chain Analytics

    Turn fragmented operational data into a common decision layer with KPIs, segmentation, predictive analytics, and root-cause insight.

    BIForecastingRoot Cause
    08 / RISK

    Resilience & Risk

    Identify vulnerabilities before they become disruptions and establish practical early-warning and response mechanisms.

    Scenario PlanningRisk SignalsResilience
    09 / DIGITAL

    Digital Supply Chain

    Rapidly deploy focused web applications and decision tools that close the gap between what your ERP does and what the business needs.

    Web AppsAIDashboards
    Technology Without the ERP Tax

    Build the decision layer — not another massive system.

    Most organizations do not need another multi-year technology program. They need targeted capabilities that sit intelligently around the systems they already own.

    AI-enabled decision supportSurface patterns, exceptions, opportunities, and recommended actions.
    Purpose-built web applicationsCreate focused workflows for the problems ERP was never designed to solve.
    Interactive segmentationMove beyond static reports with dynamic product, customer, supplier, and location views.
    Alert-driven dashboardsPut exceptions in front of the right person at the right time — instead of making people hunt for them.

    From data to decision.

    A modern supply chain decision architecture built around the business question — not the limitations of a software package.

    ConnectERP • WMS • TMS • CRM • External data
    UnderstandKPIs • Segmentation • Trends • Drivers
    PredictAI • Forecasts • Scenarios • Risk signals
    ActAlerts • Workflows • Decisions • Results
    The Perpetual8 Approach

    Fast enough to matter. Rigorous enough to last.

    We start with the business problem, quantify the opportunity, and build the smallest practical solution that creates measurable value.

    01

    Diagnose

    Map the process, data, decisions, constraints, and value leakage.

    02

    Design

    Define the operating model, analytics, decision logic, and solution architecture.

    03

    Deploy

    Rapidly prototype and deploy targeted capabilities with the people who use them.

    04

    Scale

    Measure results, institutionalize the process, and expand what works.

    Richard Schrader, founder of Perpetual8 Founder
    Who You’ll Work With

    Richard Schrader, MBA, ALM, PMP

    Founder & Principal, Perpetual8 · Dallas–Fort Worth

    Richard has spent two decades running supply chains from the inside. He converted Nokia operations to assemble-to-order and led Samsung’s award-winning collaborative planning program with Verizon Wireless. He went on to direct inventory, planning and procurement at Joerns Healthcare, JUUL Labs and IPSY.

    He founded Perpetual8 in 2024 to bring that operator’s rigor to companies that need answers fast. That means diagnosing with real data, building only what matters, and staying through execution until the numbers move.

    ✓ MBA Operations Mgmt ✓ ALM Harvard University ✓ PMP ✓ Six Sigma Black Belt ✓ Lean Manufacturing SME

    Career

    1. Nokia · Operations Project Manager2003–2007 · Supply chain operations, process optimization and systems
    2. Samsung Electronics · Senior Manager2007–2014 · Supply chain strategy and collaborative planning
    3. Joerns Healthcare · Supply Chain Director2014–2018 · Supply chain, inventory, planning and procurement
    4. JUUL Labs · Supply Chain Director2019–2023 · Global inventory control
    5. IPSY · Supply Chain Director2023–2024 · Inbound, quality and inventory control
    6. Perpetual8 · Founder & Principal2024–present

    Recognition

    • Samsung Global Chairman’s AwardManagement Innovation, 2010
    • VICS CPFR Implementation Excellence AwardFirst place, 2011
    • Gartner Best Practices Case StudySupply chain excellence, 2012
    • Samsung HQ Best Practice Award (Silver)Retail Revolution Team, 2012
    • Speaker, IBF Best Practices ConferenceInstitute of Business Forecasting
    Let’s Build Something Better

    What could your supply chain do if the right answer was always one decision away?

    Tell us where the friction is. We’ll help you determine whether the answer is strategy, process, analytics, technology — or all four.

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