Warehouse & distribution · Interim management · Improvement

Stabilise the operation. Improve it. Make it stick.

Millward Interim steps into underperforming warehouses and distribution centres, finds the gaps that matter, and delivers improvement your team can sustain long after we have gone.

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10+ years in warehouse operations and improvementRetail · E-commerce · Food · Healthcare · FMCG · 3PLLean Six Sigma Green Belt · IOSH Managing Safely

Results delivered for clients

Measurable change, not recommendations on a shelf.

A selection of outcomes from real engagements. Every operation starts somewhere different, and so will yours.

86%to 99%

Pick accuracy restored at an underperforming site

+65%

Picking productivity through re-sequencing and pick-face control

−60%

Customer delivery failures

£1.1mto £45k

Stock loss after a full inventory overhaul

£185ka year

Saved through packaging optimisation

666ksq ft

Distribution centre launched from the ground up

Ways to work with us

Choose the level of help that fits your operation.

Do it yourself

The 30-60-90 Toolkit

£189one-time

The complete playbook and live workbook. Find, prioritise and deliver the improvements that matter, in 90 days.

  • 39-page practitioner playbook
  • Workbook that builds your roadmap
  • Upgrade with a 60-minute setup call: £339
See what is inside

We run it with you

The 90-Day Launch Week

£2,999all inclusive

Five days on your site, Monday to Friday. By Friday you have a ranked 90-day plan and managers trained to run it.

  • Gemba, baseline, Pareto and scoring
  • Manager training and handover
  • UK mainland travel and expenses included
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We step in

Interim management

Tailoredon enquiry

Experienced operational leadership when you need someone in the building now: turnarounds, start-ups, peaks and closures.

  • Stabilise underperforming sites
  • Launch new sites and contracts
  • Coach and develop your leaders
Discuss your needs

How we work

Three short, accountable horizons.

Every engagement follows the same disciplined rhythm, whether we run it with you or you run it yourself with the toolkit.

Phase 1Days 1–30

Diagnose and stabilise

See the operation as it really is, build a baseline you can trust, fix what is unsafe and rank every opportunity.

Phase 2Days 31–60

Pilot and improve

Test the highest-scoring changes on one zone or shift, and prove them with data before rolling out.

Phase 3Days 61–90

Standardise and sustain

Lock the gains into standard work, visual controls and daily management, and hand ownership to your team.

Free · The Warehouse Shift Toolkit

Three free tools your supervisors will use every shift.

A shift handover sheet, a downtime log that builds its own Pareto chart, and a gemba walk observation sheet. Print them, fill them in on screen and share them with your teams.

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Is your operation ready to improve?

A free 20-minute call to talk through where you are and what would help most.