I fix the inventory classifications, reorder points, balance files, and scheduling logic underneath your planning system — whether that's an ERP, an MRP system, or a spreadsheet someone built five years ago. So your planners can finally trust the numbers it gives them.
A free planning tool to understand your inventory position right now — plus a full paid toolkit for teams who want to go deeper on their own before engaging a consultant.
Enter up to 10 items with current on-hand quantities and weekly or monthly demand. The tool automatically calculates days of supply remaining, estimated run-out dates, and flags critical items before they become a problem.
HarborPoint builds custom planning templates tailored to your operation — reorder point calculators sized to your lead times, capacity models built around your work centers, or classification tools pre-configured for your ERP.
Whether you're running an ERP, an MRP system, or a spreadsheet someone built five years ago — the planning logic underneath it can drift, break, or never get built in the first place. These are the seven places that show up first.
Inventory classification gone stale — ABC/XYZ that no longer matches real demand
Reorder points and safety stock set once, never recalculated
Balance files and MRP inputs feeding the system bad numbers
Production schedules disconnected from real capacity
No documented SOPs, so fixes don't outlast the person who made them
Planning coverage gaps when a key team member leaves or is out — work doesn't stop
Planning running entirely on spreadsheets with no formal logic, structure, or process behind them
Start with a fixed-scope diagnostic. Move into a project to fix what's broken. Stay on retainer if you want ongoing planning support without a full-time hire — including bridge coverage when a planner role is vacant or short-staffed. Works with ERP, MRP, or Excel-based operations.
A structured review of your current inventory, planning, and scheduling logic, with a prioritized list of what's broken and what it's costing you.
Hands-on rebuild of the logic identified in the audit — reorder points, classifications, scheduling rules — plus the SOPs to keep it working.
For operations running entirely on spreadsheets with no formal planning structure — build the logic, classification, and process from the ground up and document it so it scales.
Ongoing hours acting as your part-time planning function — monitoring, adjusting, and improving the system as demand and capacity shift.
Every engagement is scoped to the specific size and complexity of your operation — rates are tailored after a short conversation about your needs, not fixed off a price list.
Straightforward articles on inventory planning, reorder points, ABC/XYZ classification, and fixing the logic inside your ERP — written from real operational experience.
Focused entirely on inventory, material planning, scheduling, and capacity — not transportation or freight.
Matt Walker is a supply chain consultant and founder of HarborPoint Operations Consulting, with 15+ years working inside manufacturing and distribution planning functions — building and fixing the inventory classifications, reorder logic, and scheduling systems that keep operations running.
He works with companies running ERP systems, MRP platforms, and Excel-based operations alike — the tool doesn't matter as much as the logic and process behind it. He focuses exclusively on planning systems and deliberately stays out of transportation and freight, so clients get depth in one lane instead of a generalist's overview.
Based out of his home office, supervised daily by two Newfoundlands and one very opinionated American bulldog.
Book a planning system audit and get a clear, prioritized view of where your inventory and scheduling logic is costing you money — before committing to anything bigger.