Antevon vs Hatmill: logistics consulting or a two-week forecast audit

Antevon describes itself as a managed demand desk for indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is a fixed-fee two-week forecasting project.³

The optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and maintains the decision ledger.⁵

Antevon publicly offers a bookable two-week demand audit.³

Antevon Ltd operates the public offer and website.²

Not in the published offer. No additional trading aliases were established from the public pages read.

The public trading name is Antevon.¹

Hatmill is classified as a planning consultancy in this comparison.¹²

Hatmill provides hands-on consultancy and implementation for planning and wider operations projects.²³

Hatmill also advertises provider-led forecast generation, inventory-plan implementation and ongoing monitoring.¹⁵

Hatmill currently advertises forecasting, inventory and wider logistics consulting services.¹⁵

Hatmill says its founder transferred all shares to an Employee-owned Trust in April 2021.¹³

Companies House lists Hatmill Trustee Limited as the active person with significant control, with at least 75% of shares and voting rights.¹⁴

Not confirmed. No additional current trading aliases were established.

Hatmill is a supply-chain and logistics consultancy.¹²

The public audience is roughly £0.5M to £25M in revenue.⁴

Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is for beauty brands selling through retailers or about to do so.³

The stated service audience is in the UK and EU.⁴

The audit is positioned for a founder or commercial team without a full-time owner of the forecast.⁵

Not confirmed. A current revenue, SKU or location eligibility range was not established.

Hatmill describes forecasting and inventory experience in industrial manufacturing and retail distribution.¹⁵

Hatmill addresses retail supply chains across channels, including ecommerce and omnichannel fulfilment.¹⁶

Hatmill advertises supply-chain support throughout the UK, Europe and USA.¹⁷

Hatmill describes supporting existing purchasing and inventory-management teams.¹⁸

The brand brings its sales export and retailer reports and makes an hour available for questions.⁵

Antevon cleans the imperfect data as part of the work.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for supplier lead-time, MOQ, safety-stock and connected-system parameter maintenance is not specified publicly.

On the optional desk, Antevon refreshes each forecast number monthly and maintains the ledger.⁵

Not in the published offer. Native system installation, production integration builds and full-stack migration scope are not established for the general audit.

The client can keep using the delivered files without adopting software or maintaining a paid login.⁵

Cleaning imperfect data is included in the audit rather than charged as a surcharge.⁵

The audit leaves the client with two Excel files to keep.⁵

Data review and commercial context are collaborative: Hatmill works with client stakeholders.²⁰

Not confirmed. Responsibility for extracts, data cleansing, mapping and ongoing feed maintenance was not established.

Hatmill says it sets reorder points and safety stock within inventory planning.¹⁵

Not confirmed. Responsibility for recurring system-parameter changes and write-back was not established.

Implementation is part of the service description; which work is included in an engagement fee is not established.¹⁵

Not confirmed. Whether implementation, third-party software or reporting-partner costs are included in a fee was not established.

The forecast is by product, retailer and month.⁵

Not in the published offer. A standard service forecast horizon is not established from the public offer.

Not confirmed. A standard SKU-by-retailer forecast grain was not established.

Hatmill says reports it helps partners build generally include sales measures broken down by customer and product groups.¹⁹

Hatmill describes short-term operational and longer-term strategic uses of demand plans.²⁰

Not confirmed. The numerical demand-forecast horizon and time buckets were not established.

Not in the published offer. Retailer-by-retailer sell-in versus sell-through input coverage and data-feed availability are not specified.

The stated forecast target is what each retailer will sell, with buy decisions following from it.⁷

Not in the published offer. retailer EDI support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Hatmill can help manufacturers, suppliers and retailers introduce collaborative forecasting and replenishment through shared data and insights.¹⁸

Not confirmed. Named retailer sell-through ingestion and its separation from brand sell-in orders were not established.

Not confirmed. Named retailer or EDI connections, sell-through feeds and write-back were not established.

The audit models each promotion separately and gives each forecast number a likely range.³

The audit prices a retailer promotion against not running it, in pounds.⁶

Not in the published offer. The standard method and data requirements for a product with no sales history are not specified in the public offer.

Launch events are marked when the audit cleans sales history.³

Hatmill reviews promotional campaigns as drivers of historical demand.²⁰

Hatmill offers product-lifecycle process work, including initial order models and replenishment optimisation.²¹

The audit supplies buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their money impact.³

Not in the published offer. Creating, sending and executing purchase orders are not established parts of the public offer.

Purchase orders are inputs to the audit.³

Not in the published offer. The public service description does not assign every PO creation, sending or supplier-follow-up step.⁴

Not in the published offer. An audit feature for minimum-order quantities or case-pack optimisation is not established publicly.

The audit puts a date and a price in pounds on each buy that follows the retailer forecast.⁷

Hatmill develops replenishment strategies using demand forecasts and lead times, with reorder points, safety stock and monitoring.¹⁸

Not confirmed. Routine purchase-order creation, sending and supplier execution were not established.

Not confirmed. Responsibility for creating and sending routine purchase orders and chasing suppliers was not established.

Hatmill can review minimum order quantities across business units and assess economic order quantities.¹⁸

Hatmill analyses supplier performance and lead-time variability for replenishment planning.¹⁸

Production sizing, cash planning and promotion calls are priced from the same forecast.⁵

Not in the published offer. An automatic hard-budget constraint or cash-constrained optimiser is not established publicly.

Hatmill evaluates the financial impact, costs and potential ROI of proposed plans within S&OP.²²

Not confirmed. A method for enforcing a fixed cash budget across purchase recommendations was not established.

Not in the published offer. Batch tracking, expiry handling and shelf-life constraints are not established in the public offer.

Not confirmed. Batch-level, expiry-date and shelf-life-aware planning were not established.

Not in the published offer. Shopify support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. Amazon support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. 3PL support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. ERP support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. CSV file intake support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not confirmed. A named Shopify connection and its sales, order or inventory objects were not established.

Not confirmed. A named Amazon connection and its data objects were not established.

Not confirmed. A documented 3PL data connection and read/write method were not established.

Not confirmed. A documented named ERP connection, data objects and read/write method were not established.

Not confirmed. A documented CSV import/export workflow for this engagement was not established.

Not in the published offer. A formal approval matrix for forecast sign-off and cash commitments is not published.

The brand signs its retailer promotions after the desk’s profit read.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for ongoing operational exceptions and their response times is not fully specified publicly.

Not confirmed. Forecast approval, cash commitment and purchase-authority boundaries were not established.

Hatmill describes monitoring actual demand, collecting feedback and adjusting the plan.²⁰

The audit takes two weeks from when the data lands, not from payment.³

The audit draft arrives on day 13 and the walkthrough call is on day 14.³

The audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales, purchase orders, a stockist list and a promotion calendar.³

The client supplies a sales export, retailer reports and an hour for questions.⁵

Not confirmed. A current time from usable data to a reviewed demand forecast was not established.

Hatmill reviews historical data and asks client stakeholders about launches, promotions and supply shortages.²⁰

Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast.⁵

The audit includes a working session through the first decisions on day 14.⁵

The monthly desk refreshes the numbers, maintains the ledger and reads retailer promotions before the client signs.⁵

Antevon lists a registered office at Manorfield, Church Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EA.²

Not in the published offer. A staffed UK operating office is not established from the public registered-address statement.

Antevon Ltd states that it is registered in England and Wales under company number 17404379.²

Not in the published offer. UK support hours, time-zone coverage and response-time commitments are not specified publicly.

Not in the published offer. Named or independently verified UK clients are not established from the allowed public pages.

Hatmill advertises ongoing monitoring and demand-reporting consultancy after implementation.¹⁹

Not confirmed. A staffed UK office was not established, although a UK registered office is verified.

Companies House lists active HATMILL LTD, company 06868837, with a registered office in Ripon, North Yorkshire.²⁴

Not confirmed. UK support hours, response times and an operating SLA were not established.

Hatmill lists Royal Mail, Boots, Asda, Burberry, Sony, NHS Supply Chain and Greggs as clients.¹²

Antevon publishes from-prices for both the audit and the monthly desk; the final fee is scoped on a call.⁸

Neither the audit nor the monthly desk is billed by the hour.¹⁰

The audit fee depends on product and retailer count, is quoted on the first call, and is fixed once agreed.⁸

Half the audit fee books the slot and half is paid on delivery.⁸

Data cleaning is part of the audit work, not a surcharge.¹⁰

The optional monthly desk is scoped to the catalogue and retailer count.¹⁰

Not in the published offer. A separate minimum purchase or initial commitment beyond the published from-prices is unknown.

Not in the published offer. Whether a separate setup or onboarding fee applies is unknown.

There is no surcharge for cleaning imperfect audit data.⁵

Not in the published offer. Trial availability and trial terms are unknown from the public pages checked.

The full terms for working together are in each signed engagement letter, not the website terms.²

The monthly desk is optional after the audit.¹⁰

The audit files keep working without an ongoing software login or subscription.¹⁰

The monthly desk has rolling 30-day notice.⁸

Not confirmed. Current pricing is unverified; neither a current public amount nor an explicit quote-only policy was established.

Not confirmed. The current charging basis for a forecasting engagement was not established.

Not confirmed. A current minimum spend or minimum engagement was not established.

Not confirmed. A current onboarding or setup fee was not established.

Not confirmed. A current free trial or paid pilot was not established.

Not confirmed. A current minimum term, renewal or cancellation schedule was not established.

Audit exports and reports are used only to build the client’s files, not shared outside Antevon and deleted on request.¹¹

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