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The Firm

Built for a gap nobody else is filling.

Meridian Supply Intelligence is a veteran-owned supply chain risk firm founded on a straightforward observation: the supply chain disruption of 2025–2026 hit small manufacturers hardest, and nobody was built to help them.

Enterprise manufacturers have McKinsey, Deloitte, and dedicated supply chain teams. When tariffs restructure or China restricts exports, their analysts know within hours. Small manufacturers — the $2M to $25M operators that form the backbone of American industrial production — find out when their suppliers raise prices. Weeks later. Without explanation.

We compress 15–20 hours of structured supply chain research into 4–6 hours of human judgment work, delivered in a written report within 5–7 business days. Enterprise-quality analysis at a price point built for how small manufacturers actually operate.

Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute call. If the exposure isn't there, we'll tell you. If it is, you'll know exactly what it's costing and what to do about it.

Our Approach

Intelligence methodology. Not consulting checklists.

Meridian is veteran-owned and operated. Our team brings over 12 years of risk assessment and mitigation experience — built in environments where getting the threat picture wrong has real consequences.

We approach every engagement the same way: map the exposure, identify the vulnerabilities, build the action sequence. It's the same methodology used in advance intelligence work — applied to supply chain risk.

  • Veteran-owned and operated — USMC Recon background
  • 12+ years in risk assessment and mitigation
  • Executive protection and advance intelligence methodology
  • No supply chain consulting industry incumbency — we approach each engagement fresh
  • Ventura County, California

We bring no preconceptions from the supply chain consulting industry. That's a feature, not a gap — it means we map threats, not process flows, and we tell clients what they need to hear rather than what they expect to hear.

Our Process

How we work.

Every Meridian engagement follows the same intelligence-driven process — systematic, specific, and built around your actual supply chain rather than a generic framework.

Step 1

Map the Exposure

We map every input category against current HTS tariff schedules, China export control lists, and Gulf disruption overlays. You get a ranked picture of exactly where your supply chain is exposed and what it's costing you.

Step 2

Assess the Alternatives

We score each at-risk category across four dimensions of domestic sourcing viability. You know which inputs can be reshored now, which need a plan, and which require a deeper conversation about domestic supply partnerships.

Step 3

Build the Action Sequence

We deliver a sequenced 30/60/90-day action plan with named supplier contacts, cost delta estimates, and decision checkpoints. Not a report that sits on a shelf — a plan you can act on Monday morning.

The 30-minute call is free.

We'll walk through your top input categories and tell you specifically what we're seeing in your vertical. No pitch. Just current intelligence.

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