Stratmere offers services across four categories — from a one-time model build to a fully managed planning function. Every service is available as a fractional engagement. You define the scope and the time commitment.
One-time and project-based engagements designed to build, audit, or redesign your planning capability. These services establish the analytical and governance foundations that operational planning depends on — models built from evidence, frameworks designed to be maintained, and audits that identify risk before it becomes cost.
A complete capacity model built from scratch. Stratmere measures work content, establishes demand patterns, models resource requirements under multiple scenarios, and backtests the output against historical performance before delivery.
Enquire →Design and establishment of a planning function where none currently exists — including processes, governance standards, reporting cadence, roles, and tooling specification.
Enquire →Independent review of your existing planning approach, methodology, data inputs, and outputs. Identifies gaps, risks, and the specific changes that would improve accuracy and reliability.
Enquire →Assessment of your forecasting methodology, historical accuracy data, and the drivers of forecast variance. Produces a clear diagnostic and a prioritised improvement plan.
Enquire →A focused engagement to model specific business scenarios — restructure, AI adoption, peak demand, growth, or contraction. Outputs include modelled resource positions and sensitivity analysis.
Enquire →Review and strengthening of the controls, governance standards, and oversight frameworks around your planning process. Produces documented controls with clear ownership.
Enquire →A strategic session exploring how AI can be integrated into your planning function — with honest assessment of where it genuinely adds value and where it introduces risk.
Enquire →Review and redesign of your planning cadence, meeting structure, and decision-making timeline. Removes duplication and ensures planning outputs reach the right people at the right time.
Enquire →Build or rebuild the operational models and governance infrastructure that underpin planning decisions — documented, auditable, and designed to be maintained by your team.
Enquire →Design and specification of the reporting and dashboard architecture your planning function requires — tool-agnostic, built around your data, and structured for operational decision-making.
Enquire →The core of the Stratmere fractional model. Ongoing planning resource structured to fit your operation — from a micro-engagement of one to two hours a week through to a fully outsourced planning function managed entirely by Stratmere. Every arrangement is designed to flex as your operation grows or your needs change.
Senior planning resource embedded in your operation for a defined number of days each week. Attends meetings, leads planning cycles, manages outputs. All the expertise — none of the headcount.
Enquire →Stratmere manages your planning function entirely — from demand forecasting and resource modelling to governance oversight and reporting. Your operation has a planning function without building one internally.
Enquire →Monthly access to senior planning expertise for guidance, sense-checking, and strategic input. Suitable for businesses with in-house planning capability that want an experienced external perspective.
Enquire →Regular operational planning support — model updates, forecast reviews, and reporting — delivered on a scheduled basis each month.
Enquire →Ongoing resource to design, build, and iterate planning tools, models, and processes as your operation develops.
Enquire →A bank of hours drawn down when needed, with no fixed schedule. Ideal when planning demand is unpredictable or project-driven rather than cyclical.
Enquire →Minimal-footprint weekly support — a standing check-in, model review, or forecast sense-check. The lightest engagement structure Stratmere offers, suited to stable operations that need a regular expert touchpoint.
Enquire →Dedicated support for an individual planner or analyst — coaching, methodology guidance, problem-solving, and a senior escalation resource when they need one.
Enquire →The same development and support resource extended to a planning team — regular sessions, model reviews, methodology alignment, and professional development guidance.
Enquire →Structured periodic sessions to review forecast accuracy, capacity position, and upcoming demand and resource risks. Produces a clear forward view for operational decision-making.
Enquire →Standing oversight of planning controls and governance standards — ensuring the framework remains fit for purpose as your operation evolves.
Enquire →Regular review and refinement of planning dashboards and reporting outputs — ensuring decision-makers are seeing the right data in the right format.
Enquire →Professional development support for planning practitioners — methodology, tools, stakeholder management, and career progression within operational planning.
Enquire →Cover, stabilisation, and overflow support for operations under pressure or in transition. Whether your planning team is absent, your forecasts have broken down, or you are approaching a peak period without adequate resource — Stratmere provides the planning continuity your operation cannot afford to lose.
Short-notice cover for planning roles during absence, vacancy, or leadership transition. Available at manager or analyst level, with rapid mobilisation.
Enquire →A standing arrangement that guarantees rapid response if your planning function is disrupted. Stratmere is briefed on your operation in advance — so cover is informed from day one.
Enquire →Rapid response when planning has broken down — forecast failure, backlog crisis, or operational disruption. Immediate triage, stabilisation, and a clear path to recovery.
Enquire →Additional planning capacity during peak periods — without the commitment of permanent headcount. Scales up before your peak and steps back when demand normalises.
Enquire →Structured support for the transition when a new planning hire joins — knowledge transfer, methodology alignment, and continuity of output during the onboarding period.
Enquire →A structured monthly review of your planning models, forecasts, and controls. Small issues are identified and resolved before they compound into larger problems.
Enquire →Focused support on near-term forecasting during periods of high uncertainty or demand variability — ensuring your short-horizon view is as accurate as the conditions allow.
Enquire →Planning-led analysis and intervention when SLA performance is at risk — identifying the resource, process, or forecast issues driving the shortfall and modelling the path to recovery.
Enquire →Structured support to clear planning backlogs — model rebuilds, forecast catch-up, or output production that has fallen behind. Focused and time-limited.
Enquire →Structured sessions designed to build capability, reset processes, or solve a specific planning challenge with your team. Each workshop produces tangible outputs — documented frameworks, reset processes, or a clear action plan — rather than a presentation deck and a follow-up report.
A structured introduction to capacity planning principles, methodology, and best practice — designed for non-planners, senior stakeholders, or teams new to a formal planning approach.
Enquire →An intensive focused engagement to diagnose the root causes of forecast inaccuracy and produce a prioritised, practical improvement plan your team can begin implementing immediately.
Enquire →A facilitated session to build and stress-test operational scenarios relevant to your business — growth targets, restructure options, AI adoption, or demand volatility.
Enquire →Design and documentation of the planning controls and governance framework your operation needs — with clear ownership, escalation paths, and review cadence defined.
Enquire →Practical exploration of AI's role in planning — real use cases, honest assessment of limitations, and a clear view of where AI adds value without creating new risk.
Enquire →A structured reset of your planning cadence, processes, and governance when the current cycle is no longer fit for purpose — producing a revised operating model for the planning function.
Enquire →Design or redesign of the governance structure and meeting cadence around your planning function — ensuring the right people see the right outputs at the right point in the planning cycle.
Enquire →Book a discovery call. Stratmere will listen to your situation and recommend the right engagement structure — there is no obligation to commit.