Logistics

Optimizing Global Supply Chains
Logistics powers global economies. While the industry has gained significantly from technological advancements, managing complex international networks requires integrating multiple processes, each with its own challenges. Today, logistics providers face heightened disruption from e-commerce growth, shifting consumer behavior, and emerging technologies, all compounded by the uncertainty and risk highlighted by recent global events.
In this dynamic environment, we help clients remain agile and responsive. We work with leading logistics companies to develop growth strategies, harness digital analytics, and implement operational efficiencies that enhance performance. Our goal is to ensure that goods move quickly, accurately, and efficiently, creating value across the entire supply chain.

Sectors we serve

Post, parcel, and express

Help clients identify and pursue growth opportunities while navigating key industry trends such as e-substitution, e-commerce expansion, globalization, regulatory shifts, and technological innovation.

Logistics – 3PL, Freight Forwarding, Trucking, and Distribution

Collaborate across functions to capture value across the full logistics ecosystem, including truck OEMs, distributors, warehouses, waste management, and logistics platforms.

Shipping

Support clients in overcoming capacity and pricing challenges, while enhancing network planning, demand-based customer segmentation, risk management, and operational efficiency.

Freight Rail

Drive improvements in underperforming freight rail networks and enable the transition to modern, cross-border tracking systems for greater efficiency and reliability.

What we do

Strategy and Finance
Assess global opportunities to expand the business model—whether geographically or across industry verticals—to capture profitable growth.

Network Optimization
Optimize location, routing, and scheduling across the network to achieve sustainable cost reductions and improve operational efficiency.

Operational Improvements
Enhance equipment, processes, and production sites to increase quality and efficiency while delivering more effective service offerings.

Service Innovation
Design, test, and implement innovative products and modernize service delivery models to strengthen core capabilities.

Organizational Redesign
Align organizational structure with strategy to capture international revenue and profit pools while enabling flexible decision-making in a fast-paced digital environment.

Digital and Analytics
Leverage proprietary tools to better predict vessel arrival times and identify opportunities for fuel and bunker savings.

M&A
Identify acquisition targets and support seamless integration across the entire process.

Commercial Excellence
Use digital and analytics to optimize pricing, go-to-market strategies, and align commercial efforts with overall company strategy.

Examples of our work

Logistics

Reducing costs

Optimized the distribution network for a pharmaceutical company by evaluating multiple scenarios to improve both cost and effectiveness, achieving a 22 percent reduction in transportation and warehousing expenses.

Defining a ten-year operations strategy

Developed a forward-looking operations strategy for a leading European postal provider, doubling projected EBIT and identifying approximately $500 million in capital expenditure savings, while maintaining high service standards.

Increasing network efficiency

Implemented advanced sourcing strategies at scale for a logistics provider managing over $1.5 billion in freight, enhancing network route efficiency and generating 7 percent savings across the end-to-end supply chain.

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