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Operational transformation for teams that scale

Operations that actually work for the bottom line.

Strategy, turnaround, end-to-end SCM, international trade, and operational transformation for logistics, retail, e-commerce, and manufacturing. No team replacements. No empty slides.

Capabilities

Four practices.
Sixteen competencies.

Every practice runs end to end, from strategy to implementation. Pick any one of the sixteen competencies on its own, or combine them into a program inside one of the four engagement formats.

01

Strategy & transformation

From vision and operating model to a fixed execution cadence. We bring loss-making business units back into the black, in 90 to 180 days.

  • 3–5 year strategic planning · business model
  • Turnaround, crisis management, operational restructuring
  • Repositioning and perimeter restructuring
  • Operating model: targets, metrics, planning cadence
02

Supply chain (SCM)

End-to-end SCM, from demand forecast to shelf. Not «warehouse only» or «procurement only».

  • S&OP, demand forecasting, inventory management
  • Procurement, tender function, supplier base
  • International trade, import, customs, multimodal
  • Logistics, fulfilment, WMS / TMS / routing
03

Technology & automation

Manual labour replaced with repeatable algorithms. From back-office RPA to warehouse robotics, plus custom software when off-the-shelf doesn't fit.

  • Process automation · RPA
  • Warehouse robotics and WMS integrations
  • Custom software, our SellerOS as an example
  • BI, analytics, KPI dashboards (PowerBI, metrics)
04

Team & culture

A team that holds the change after we leave. Structure, incentives, cadence, plus training to keep the bar.

  • HR, org structure, headcount design
  • Performance management, KPI, incentives, review
  • Change management for operational transformation
  • Corporate training, 11 original programs
Approach

We see what others miss.

Most consultants bring templates. We bring working processes, from companies that are already scaling.

Zafarkhon Alikhodjaev, founder of IDEAL Consult Founder · CEO
// From the founder

For twenty-five years I rebuilt operations from the inside, at Lamoda, PEC, Brinex. Now the same playbook works for others.

Zafarkhon Alikhodjaev IDEAL Consult · author of «Tasty Stories»
  • Lamoda DCCOO

    Loss from 0.18% to 0.0008%. 5,000 people under management.

  • PECDirector

    230 warehouses and a trunk network. Millions of shipments a year.

  • BrinexOperations

    SLA from 56% to 98%. #1 by DataInsight.

Metrics

Results you can
actually measure.

If the effect can't be measured, it's not a project, it's a presentation. This is what we've delivered consistently for 11 years.

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companies in the portfolio
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Geography

Russia and beyond.

Moscow, regions, export markets. We work where the client has a physical flow, from a factory in China to a DC in Yekaterinburg.

From factory to shelf.

We design and rebuild end-to-end chains, multimodal routes, customs, line haul, warehouse, last-mile routing. Not «just warehouse consulting».

12project cities
7countries
6time zones
Portfolio

What we hold.
What we sell.

10 active assets, 5 principal positions where we are co-founders and operators, and 5 sell-side mandates where we act as the owner's agent. Russia · Uzbekistan · UAE. Six of the ten below; the rest on the portfolio page.

Clients & partners

Among those already working with us.

Tech stack

We work with whatever
is already in place.

WMS, TMS, marketplaces, EDI, and BI, we roll out something new or plug into what you already run. No sacred cows.

Warehouse
WMS / TMS
Warehouse
Labelling
Marketplace
Marketplace
Marketplace
Trade / Customs
EDI
BI
CRM
CRM / Tasks

Don't see your system? Drop us a line, odds are we've worked with it too.

Testimonials
01 / 04
«The IDEAL team rebuilt our warehouse model from scratch. In 4 months, pick accuracy from 94% to 99.9%, B2C order lead time from 36 to 12 hours. And, more importantly, our own team can now keep it running.»
S
COO · Fashion Retail · NDA
Moscow · 2024
Key result
−67% lead time
Service lines

Four formats.
For any stage of the problem.

Don't know where the leak is, start with an audit. Know where, but not how, advisory. Know how, but don't have the bandwidth, management. Have a plan, need execution hands, implementation. Every format covers any of the sixteen competencies.

S–01

Audit

When it's unclear where the money is, or where it's leaking.

from 1.5M RUB· 2–4 weeks
  • Diagnostic of operations within the chosen practice
  • Savings potential and timeline estimate
  • Prioritization by ROI
  • Report and presentation to the board
  • 30 minutes of follow-up consultation

→ a prioritized report with the numbers

Order an audit
Most chosen
S–02

Advisory

When you know where, but not how.

from 5M RUB/ month · retainer
  • Target operating model design
  • 90–180 day roadmap
  • Pilot rollout and stabilization
  • Knowledge transfer to your team
  • Weekly cadence, metrics, SLA
  • Dedicated Telegram channel for the project

Average LTV, years. Not a one-off 300K session.

→ a working playbook + a trained team

Start a project
S–03

Management

When you know how, but no one to drive it.

On request· program management
  • PMO: program, portfolio, risks
  • Pace, metric, and commitment control
  • Escalations, board-level status
  • Process owner on your behalf
  • SLA on discipline, not on hours

→ the program runs on schedule, no slippage

Discuss a program
S–04

Implementation

When the plan is there, but you need hands.

On request· turnkey delivery
  • Stand up a contour from scratch: WMS / TMS / SCM
  • Restructure procurement, sales, trade ops
  • IT architecture and integrations
  • Stabilization with an SLA on outcomes
  • Handover of the tuned contour
  • 30–60 days of post-launch support

→ a working system + transferred competencies

Discuss a project

Any of the 16 competencies can be delivered in any of the four formats. Take one, or combine them into a program.

Ready to build
something worth keeping?

We start with a 30-minute call. You describe the problem, we tell you whether we can help and which format fits. No slides.

No prepayment

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