United States Cost To Serve Consulting
YCP excels in cost to serve consulting in the United States, helping clients thrive in the country's competitive market sectors through comprehensive consulting services. With decades of experience and a hands-on support approach, YCP delivers tailored solutions to optimize your business operations.

Key Challenges We Address
Optimizing Cost Transparency Across Complex Supply Chains
- US businesses face rising supply chain costs, with logistics and distribution now accounting for up to one-third of total product expenses.
- By mapping detailed cost drivers, YCP delivers transparency, equipping clients to make data-driven decisions that optimize spend across their supply network.
Balancing Service Levels with Profitability Pressures
- Many organizations struggle to maintain high service levels as margin pressures increase, often providing costly services that erode profits.
- YCP assesses true service costs per customer segment, helping firms align offerings to financial goals while protecting key client relationships.
Overcoming Data Silos to Enable Strategic Decision-Making
- Fragmented data systems hinder cost-to-serve analysis, making it hard for teams to identify margin leaks and prioritize value-adding activities.
- Working cross-functionally, YCP streamlines data integration, unlocking actionable insights that support strategic cost reduction and process improvement.
Managing Customer and Product Complexity for Sustainable Growth
- A broad customer and SKU base in the US adds inventory, warehousing, and fulfillment costs, limiting scalability and efficiency.
- Through granular margin analysis, YCP identifies unprofitable segments, guiding clients to rationalize portfolios for sustainable, profitable growth.
Why Choose YCP

YCP brings deep expertise and a proven track record in delivering Cost To Serve consulting tailored for the United States market. Our approach stands out through rigorous data analytics, robust financial modeling, and customized cost-mapping frameworks that reveal actionable opportunities for profitability improvement. By integrating granular local market realities with global best practices, YCP ensures cost strategies that are both sustainable and adaptive to the unique challenges U.S. companies face. Why Choose YCP for Cost To Serve Consulting in the United States:
Cost Visibility
Proprietary cost modeling tailored for U.S. markets enables precise margin visibility to drive smarter, data-led decisions.
Efficiency at Scale
Deep industry data enables us to pinpoint cost drivers for U.S. businesses, improving efficiency and reducing operational expenses.
Predictive Forecasting
Tailored cost-to-serve analysis reveals hidden savings, optimizing U.S. operations for sustainable, data-driven efficiency gains.
Global Reach
Data-driven insights help U.S. companies optimize operations, reducing costs while maintaining service excellence.
Partnering with YCP means gaining a dedicated team that doesn’t just deliver recommendations, but works alongside your organization to implement practical solutions that drive measurable cost efficiencies. Our proactive, results-oriented collaboration ensures we’re there at every step, enabling you to make informed decisions and capture real, lasting value. Experience the advantage of a consulting partner committed to helping you navigate complexity, unlock savings, and achieve continued competitive success.

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Navigate and Succeed: United States Cost To Serve at Your Service
In today's fast-paced business landscape, industries in the United States are recognizing the urgency of understanding their cost to serve. Efficiently managing costs while maintaining service quality is critical for achieving sustainable growth. Companies require precise insights to adapt to changing market demands and enhance their competitive advantage.
YCP offers a reliable United States Cost to Serve Consulting service that supports clients in identifying where efficiency can be improved and resources better allocated. Our methodologies are grounded in a deep understanding of varied industries, ensuring tailored solutions that align with each client's unique objectives.
By partnering with YCP, organizations gain crucial analytical tools and strategic advice. We help decision-makers in big companies optimize operations and cost structures, thereby fostering growth and innovation across their business platforms in the United States.

Our Deliverables
- 1- Service Mapping
- Comprehensive cost-to-serve analysis identifies profit drivers and inefficiencies, enabling optimized resource allocation and pricing strategies.
- 2- Cost Modeling
- Comprehensive analysis maps cost drivers across the value chain, pinpointing savings opportunities for optimal U.S. operational efficiency.
- 3- Profitability Analysis
- Comprehensive cost-to-serve modeling pinpoints cost drivers across channels, enabling data-driven decisions to optimize profitability in the U.S.
- 4- Customer Segmentation
- Comprehensive cost-to-serve analysis pinpoints cost drivers across channels, enabling actionable strategies to improve profitability in the US market.
What Will You Gain
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Granular Cost Insights
Reduce overall supply chain costs by up to 18% via cost-to-serve analytics
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Unprofitable Segments Identified
Reduce logistics expenses by up to 18% via network optimization
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Improved Pricing Strategies
Reduce logistics expenses by 12% through precise cost-to-serve analysis
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Optimized Service Levels
Reduce end-to-end logistics expenses by up to 18% through network redesign
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What Our Clients Say About Us
"Goodyear has been collaborating with YCP on new market entry strategy. I would personally like to congratulate YCP on the commendable job your team has done in supporting us, with professionalism, business intelligence, and solid market insights, in the development of a route-to-market strategy for a completely new country. The team’s strategic advice was so useful and on point, that we have already worked on a second project together, optimizing our distributor strategy in one of our existing markets. We look forward to continuing working with YCP and highly recommend them as growth partners."
Regional Sales Director
Goodyear
"I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for all the effort and commitment that YCP showed us during this project. Although building detailed strategies for different countries within a tough time constraint is without any doubt a demanding and challenging task, YCP did a fabulous job. I believe that the success in this project laid a foundation for building a strong relationship between YCP and GS Caltex, and I promise that YCP will be the first one to be contacted whenever GSC needs any help for growth."
Manager, Finished Lubricants Marketing Strategy Team
GS Caltex
Results Through Expertise: Case Studies
Learn how we help clients build and implement strategies
 that drive sustainable growth in today’s complex business landscape.
Enhancing Syringe Supply Chain Efficiency via Strategic Sourcing
Client
A multi-specialty tertiary care provider
Area
India -- Northern and Eastern regions
Expertise Scope
Supply Chain Turnarounds, Expert Sourcing, Procurement Operations
Project Summary
Utilizing a comprehensive Strategic Sourcing process, the client was able to reduce costs and enhance the efficiency of their syringe supply chain. This netted the client a 10% annual cost reduction, 4% incumbent cost reduction, and successful integration of new suppliers.
Distributor Support Strategy for Lubricants in Vietnam
Client
A Vietnamese lubricant distributor
Area
Vietnam
Expertise Scope
Distributor Assessment, Stakeholder Meetings, Site Visit Reporting
Project Summary
Our team initiated the project with a kick-off meeting in Ho Chi Minh City to align with client's needs and prepare for upcoming interviews. We organized and scheduled site visits and meetings with shortlisted distributors. Following this, we led distributor meetings, providing summary translations. Finally, we delivered a post-site visit report, profiling and prioritizing each distributor based on the interviews.
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Meet Our Experts
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Yuki Ishida
Managing Partner
Nationality: Japanese
Region Coverage:
Asia, North America
Past Experience:
Goldman Sachs

Pilar Dieter
Managing Partner
Nationality: American
Region Coverage:
Asia, North America
Past Experience:
Alaris Consulting

Jun Amano
Partner
Nationality: Japanese
Region Coverage:
Europe
Past Experience:
Dentsu Inc

Leon Cheng
Partner
Nationality: Chinese
Region Coverage:
Asia, North America, South America
Past Experience:
EAC, DHL

Saurabh Mehta
Managing Partner
Nationality: Indian
Region Coverage:
North America, Asia, Middle East
Past Experience:
Ivalua, Avon

Craig Morin
Partner
Nationality: American
Region Coverage:
Asia, North America, Europe, Middle East
Past Experience:
Tompkins Ventures, Adidas

Laurent Fihey
Partner
Nationality: French
Region Coverage:
Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, North America, South America
Past Experience:
Arthur Andersen, Advancy

Jason George
Partner
Nationality: American
Region Coverage:
North America
Past Experience:
Dalet, Charter Communications
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