What does the Arristal score measure?

The Arristal Score rates the operational health of a supply chain across five drivers — planning, procurement, inventory, fulfilment, and risk — each scored 0 to 100, with an overall index and a maturity band. A low score in a driver typically points to a quantifiable gap in working capital, margin, or revenue at risk, expressed as a range derived from the score, the company's revenue, and sector benchmarks.

How long does the assessment take?

The 20-question form takes most respondents about four minutes. The scored report is generated immediately after submission — there is no scheduled call and no waiting period.

What is the difference between the Quick Diagnostic and the Paid Diagnostic?

The Quick Diagnostic (€250) returns the score, the five driver scores, and a directional financial signal, with no € figures. The Paid Diagnostic (€2,000) adds the financial translation with the derivation shown, the killer insight from your specific score combination, and four executable recommendations, delivered as an eight-page report with a companion workbook.

Who is the assessment for?

It is built for CFOs, COOs, and supply chain directors who need a fast, evidence-based view of where the supply chain is losing money before committing to a longer engagement.

Modes

Ways to use the diagnostic.

Each mode is a deeper version of the same work. The decision is about how far you want the diagnosis to reach inside the company.

For reference

A consultant diagnostic covering the same ground typically starts around €15,000 to €40,000 and takes four to six weeks. The Paid Diagnostic delivers a structured financial view in days, for €2,000. The point of the comparison is the method, not the discount: the same analysis, framed for a CFO, without the engagement.

Mode A

Quick Diagnostic

€250

A fast read on where the supply chain stands, for founders, advisors, and finance teams.

A 20-question assessment, scored across the five drivers, with an overall Arristal Score and a maturity band. Delivered in four minutes.

No financial translation and no recommendations. The point is to find out whether there is a problem worth looking at.

If the score is low, you already know more about the supply chain than most boards do.

What you get

20-question BARS assessment
Score across the five drivers and a maturity band
Directional signal on where the gap sits
Delivered in four minutes

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Mode B

Paid Diagnostic

€2,000

The single-respondent diagnostic with the financial translation attached. The work most clients start with.

One respondent completes the assessment and a short financial snapshot. The report turns the scores into € ranges for working capital, margin, and revenue at risk — with the derivation shown, so you can argue with the number.

Includes the one insight from your specific score combination you are least likely to have named, and four recommendations that say what to do, not just what to look at.

Delivered as an eight-page report with a companion financial workbook.

What you get

Single respondent plus a financial snapshot
Financial translation with the derivation shown (±35%)
Killer insight from your score combination
Four executable recommendations

New in this tier Financial translation and executable recommendations

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Mode C

Premium Diagnostic

Three or more respondents inside the company, so the diagnosis catches where functions disagree.

The assessment completed by three or more respondents across operations, finance, and an adjacent function. The gap between their answers is usually the most useful finding.

Adds the named alignment archetype, a role-by-role view of the variance, and tighter financial confidence.

Delivered as a multi-respondent report.

What you get

Three or more internal respondents
Alignment gap analysis
Named governance archetype
Role-by-role view of the variance

New in this tier Multiple respondents and the alignment gap between them

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Mode C+

External Validation

The internal diagnostic plus an independent assessor, for PE and due diligence.

The internal team plus an external assessor. The work quantifies the overconfidence gap, stress-tests the financial view, and produces a validation a board can quote.

Written to be read by a chair or a non-executive director, not only an operating team.

Independent positioning, ready for PE and M&A.

What you get

Internal team plus an external assessor
Overconfidence bias detection
Board-ready validation
Ready for PE and M&A

New in this tier Independent validation and overconfidence bias detection

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Mode D

Advisory programme

The engagement that turns a diagnosis into a sequenced plan, run with your team.

Advisory starts from a completed diagnostic. It does not re-run the assessment or recalculate the numbers — it takes the signals and the financial view already on the table and works out the order to address them in.

The work is run with your team: working sessions on the priority gaps, a governance design for how decisions get made and reviewed, and a decision cadence so the plan survives contact with the quarter.

Scoped to the situation. Length and pricing are agreed before any work begins.

What you get

Built on a completed diagnostic
Sequenced action roadmap
Governance and decision-cadence design
Working sessions with your team

New in this tier A human-led plan and the governance to hold it

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What the output looks like

Lines lifted from real reports, anonymised.

Mode A
Overall: 52, Functional. Lowest driver: Planning (43). The pattern points to a forecast that is rarely revised between monthly cycles.
Mode B
A Planning score of 43 at €1.2B revenue typically points to €18–28M in trapped working capital. Derivation: a stock-turn delta of 1.3 against the peer-set benchmark, applied to average inventory of €240M.
Mode C
Three respondents agreed on Cost (61) and diverged sharply on Planning (CFO 38, Head of Ops 64). The gap is the diagnosis: planning works for operations and does not reach the P&L.
Mode C+
Cross-checked against three-year filings: working capital intensity has risen 1.8 points while peers fell 0.6. The diagnostic supports the board's instinct that planning maturity is the binding constraint.
Mode D
Priority for the next two quarters: planning governance. The roadmap puts a monthly forecast review ahead of the network work, because the planning gap is the constraint the rest depend on.

Side by side

What changes between the modes.

Feature	Quick Diagnostic	Paid Diagnostic	Premium Diagnostic	External Validation	Advisory programme
Drivers covered	5	5	5	5	From diagnostic
Respondents	1	1	3+	Internal + external	From diagnostic
Financial translation	—	All drivers	All drivers	All drivers	Carried through
Alignment intelligence	—	—	Yes	Yes	Carried through
Industry context	—	Peer set	Peer set	Peer + filings	Peer + filings
External validation	—	—	—	Yes	Optional
Read-out session	—	—	Read-out	Board read-out	Working sessions
Deliverable	1-page summary	5-section report	Multi-respondent report	Board-ready validation	Action roadmap

Premium, External Validation, and the Advisory programme are scoped engagements. Advisory builds on a diagnostic that has already run; it works the existing numbers into a plan rather than producing new ones. Pricing depends on scope and is agreed before any work begins.