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Your operations are leaking money. I find where and fix it.

I help wholesale and distribution businesses find dead stock, fix purchasing leaks, and build systems that protect margins — without disrupting daily operations. Based in Central Illinois, built from a decade inside the industry.

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Dead Stock Diagnostic — Identify, quantify, and build a remediation plan for inventory that's tying up capital and costing you money every month.

Purchasing Systems — Replace tribal knowledge with documented decision frameworks: stock/non-stock logic, vendor selection rules, and demand thresholds your team can actually follow.

Vendor & Margin Recovery — Find where convenience buying is quietly eroding margin and build purchasing discipline that redirects spend to better-priced direct sources.

Implementation Support — I don't hand you a report and disappear. I work alongside your team to roll out changes, train staff, and build accountability into the process.

Let’s talk about what’s costing you money

No sales pitch. Tell me what’s going on in your operation, and I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help. If there’s a fit, we’ll scope a diagnostic together.

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About Lee Forsythe

A decade inside the machine. Now I work for you.

I spent 10+ years managing purchasing and inventory for a multi-branch HVAC distributor — $40M in annual inventory, 12 locations, and every vendor problem you can name. I didn't study this from a textbook. I lived it from the warehouse floor to the owner's office.

Forsythe Operations Consulting exists because Midwest wholesale and distribution businesses deserve the same operational rigor that larger companies take for granted — without the bloated consulting fees or generic frameworks.

$40M+

Annual inventory managed across 12 branches

10+

Years in HVAC distribution operations

$75K+

Annual margin recovered in vendor rationalization

3

Businesses operated simultaneously across distribution and e-commerce

About Lee Forsythe

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My job is to find what’s quietly costing you money and fix it in a way that sticks. No fluff, no theater — just the work.

— Lee Forsythe, Forsythe Operations Consulting

Purchasing Manager — Rogers Supply Company (10 years, 12 branches)

General Manager — Xantus Products (national HVAC accessories & refrigerants)

E-Commerce Operations Director — Oozzio.com

U.S. Air Force — Targets Intelligence Analyst, B-2 Spirit Program