Supply Chain Strategy
An end-to-end framework for finding where supply chains need support
Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Support — and the seven capabilities that cut across all of them.
Read · 4 minStrategy, Supply Chain & Operations Transformation
Lyudmyla “Mila” Starostyuk
PhD, MBA, MA
I help organizations see their supply chains end to end — building strategy, risk frameworks, and decision-ready intelligence that surface constraints early and turn data into confident action.
Manager, Advisory at KPMG LLP · Sacramento, CA & Denver, CO
- years in supply chain, strategy & analytics
- 25
- years in supply chain, strategy & analytics
- continents in supplier networks built
- 3
- continents in supplier networks built
- peer-reviewed works & dissertation
- 5
- peer-reviewed works & dissertation
- Management Sciences, UT Arlington
- PhD
- Management Sciences, UT Arlington
Areas of expertise
Where I add value
- 01
Strategy & Business Case
Strategic planning and business case development · Economic modeling and scenario forecasting · Financial modeling and value-for-money analysis
- 02
Supply Chain & Procurement
Supply chain strategy and operating models · S&OP / integrated business planning · Strategic sourcing and supplier management
- 03
Risk & Resilience
Supply chain risk assessment methodologies · Impact-and-likelihood risk rating · Mitigation and sourcing strategy
- 04
Analytics, AI & Digital
Predictive analytics and machine learning · Statistical testing · Generative AI and agentic AI for risk monitoring
- 05
Delivery & Leadership
Cross-functional and stakeholder leadership · Requirements gathering · User Acceptance Testing and QA/QC
Now
Manager, Advisory at KPMG
Since January 2026
- Broadband
- Energy
- Semiconductor
- Infrastructure
I develop control tower platforms for broadband, energy, semiconductor and infrastructure programs — bringing supplier and product intelligence, market signals, risk assessment and procurement mitigation into one decision-ready view.
I lead the program's dual-axis impact-and-likelihood risk methodology, design issue management workflows aligned with Build America, Buy America (BABA) and BEAD requirements, and develop AI-enabled approaches to supplier monitoring.
Insights
Notes on supply chains
Risk & Resilience
Rating supplier risk on two axes: impact and likelihood
Why a simple, shared Low / Medium / High scale turns scattered market signals into decisions people can act on.
Read · 5 minSupply Chain Strategy
S&OP across three horizons: lessons from mining and metals
What running 3-, 15-, and 36-month look-aheads taught me about aligning sales, production, logistics, and finance.
Read · 6 minResearch
Behavioral operations, in print
Peer-reviewed experimental work on how trust, perception and behavior shape supply chain decisions.
All publications- 2026
Does looking trustworthy facilitate forecast sharing in a supply chain? An experimental study
Review of Behavioral Economics
- 2024
Do attractive people get a better deal? An experimental study
International Journal of the Economics of Business
- 2023
Do looks matter in supply chain contracting? An experimental study
Business Economics