Frequently Asked Questions
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RiverHouse works from data and reports your team provides for 21 days. No system access required. The output is a stabilization blueprint with documented thresholds, a forward commitment risk map, and a prioritized 30/60/90 corrective sequence your leadership team can act on immediately.
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The audit is 21 days from the point your team provides the required data. If additional time is needed due to data availability, the timeline adjusts accordingly.
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Data exports, planning reports, and operational output your team already produces. RiverHouse does not need access to your systems. Your team supplies the data, we do the analysis.
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The stabilization blueprint tells you whether defined thresholds are sufficient to restore discipline on their own or whether structural installation is needed. If capital behavior corrects with thresholds alone, no further engagement is required. If it does not, work can progress to infrastructure build or Embedded Inventory Leadership.
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A forecast is an opinion about demand. A purchase order is a capital commitment. Most inventory problems start in the gap between the two. The question is not whether the forecast is accurate. The question is whether it governs the buy.
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Beauty and personal care, apparel, pet products, food and beverage CPG, wellness, home furnishings, and other consumer product categories where physical inventory and buying commitments create capital exposure.
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Consumer brands where inventory complexity has outpaced the team built to manage it. Typically $5M to $100M in revenue, though revenue is a guide rather than a qualifier. The real test is whether the buy has outgrown the person holding it: channel count, fulfillment methods, assortment breadth, reorder cadence.
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Yes. There is a scoped review designed specifically for capital events. It surfaces forward commitment exposure, working capital risk, and governance gaps before they appear in diligence.
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Remotely. RiverHouse works from supplied data and communicates through scheduled reviews. On-site work is available when the engagement requires it.
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Every engagement starts with the diagnostic. It identifies where the highest-impact issues are and whether a focused corrective sequence is sufficient or whether broader infrastructure is needed. The scope is defined by what the audit finds, not by a pre-set package.
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Some brands need more than a diagnostic and infrastructure build. They need a senior inventory leader in the planning and commitment seat on an ongoing basis. RiverHouse provides embedded governance engagements where we sit in the leadership seat, govern the buy, develop internal team capability, and step down as discipline holds. The scope and duration are defined by what the business requires.