Move product faster, at a lower landed cost.
We help U.S. distributors, wholesalers, and e-commerce operators redesign how goods move — from inbound receiving through carrier selection, warehouse flow, and last-mile delivery. Independent analysis, flat engagement pricing, and no carrier commissions pulling the answer.
Discovery call is free and ends with a straight answer on whether we can help.
Where we make the difference
Every engagement starts with the same question: where is time and money leaking out of your distribution chain? These six areas account for most of it.
Distribution network design
Model where inventory should physically sit. We run the tradeoff between node count, transit days to your customer base, and total carrying cost — then recommend a footprint you can actually staff.
Carrier & freight optimization
Rate benchmarking, service-level matching, and mode selection across parcel, LTL, and full truckload. We read the contracts you already signed and find the accessorial charges nobody priced in.
Warehouse & fulfillment flow
Slotting, pick-path, packing-station layout, and labor planning. Most operations we walk into are losing hours a day to travel distance that a slotting change removes outright.
Inventory & demand planning
Reorder points, safety stock, and seasonality modeling that reflect your real lead times — not the ones your ERP was configured with three years ago.
3PL selection & contracts
We build the RFP, score responses on comparable terms, and sit on your side of the table for the negotiation. You keep the relationship; we keep the leverage honest.
Last-mile & returns
Delivery-promise design, regional carrier mixing, and a returns path that recovers sellable units instead of quietly writing them off.
The cost is rarely where you think it is
Operators usually call us about freight rates. Freight is where the invoice is, so that is where attention goes. It is almost never where the money actually went.
More often the real cost is upstream: inventory sitting in the wrong node, so a third of orders ship long-zone. A pick path that adds seven seconds per line. A service level set once and never revisited, paying for two-day delivery on orders nobody expected in two days.
- Zone distribution analysis against your actual order book
- Accessorial and surcharge audit on existing carrier agreements
- Cost-to-serve modeling by channel and customer segment
- Labor minutes per order, measured rather than assumed
Findings you can act on Monday
Every engagement ends in a written document, not a conversation you have to remember. It states what to change, what the change is worth, what it costs to implement, and the order to do it in.
We quantify against your own data — shipment history, rate sheets, inventory extracts — so the numbers reconcile to figures your finance team already recognises.
- Prioritized recommendations, sequenced by payback period
- Implementation effort and cost estimated for each
- Baseline metrics so the change can be measured after
- The underlying model, so your team can re-run it later
How an engagement runs
No open-ended retainers, no surprise change orders. Fixed scope, fixed fee, and a written deliverable you own.
Discovery call
Thirty minutes on your current flow, volumes, and the specific pain that made you call. Free, and it ends with a straight answer on whether we can help.
Data pull & assessment
We take shipment history, rate sheets, and inventory extracts, then quantify where cost and transit time are actually going.
Findings & plan
A written report: what to change, what it saves, what it costs to implement, and the order to do it in.
Implementation support
Optional. We stay on through carrier transitions, 3PL onboarding, or warehouse re-slotting until the change is live and measured.
Engagements & fees
Quoted flat before any work begins. Multi-site and multi-channel programs are scoped individually — ask on the discovery call.
A focused review of one problem area, delivered in about two weeks.
- Discovery call & data intake
- Single-area analysis
- Written findings summary
- Prioritized recommendations
- One review call
End-to-end assessment across the whole distribution chain.
- Everything in Assessment
- Network footprint modeling
- Carrier rate benchmarking
- Warehouse flow & slotting review
- Inventory policy rebuild
- Implementation roadmap
Standing capacity for operators managing continuous change.
- Monthly performance review
- Carrier & 3PL negotiation support
- Rate-increase response
- Peak-season planning
- Direct line to your consultant
- Cancel any time, effective end of month
Ongoing advisory bills monthly and renews until cancelled. Project engagements are billed once, at acceptance.
Common questions
If yours is not here, ask it on the discovery call — or email us and we will answer in writing.
No. We are a consulting practice. We do not move freight, take possession of goods, or earn commission from any carrier or third-party logistics provider. That independence is the point — a broker recommending a carrier has an interest in the answer, and we do not.
Typically twelve months of shipment history, your current carrier rate agreements, an inventory extract by SKU and location, and a basic description of your facilities. If some of that is missing we work with what exists and say plainly which conclusions are less certain as a result.
A single-area Assessment is about two weeks from the point we receive your data. A Full Network Review is typically four to six weeks. Delays are almost always data availability on the client side, which is why we tell you exactly what we need up front.
No, and be careful with anyone who does. We quantify opportunity from your data and estimate what each change is worth, but outcomes depend on carrier pricing, market capacity, and how the change gets implemented. We commit to the analysis and the recommendations, not to a number we do not control.
Tell us within fourteen days and identify what is missing. We correct it at no charge. If we cannot bring it in line with the agreed scope, we refund the portion of the fee for the deficient work. The full terms are in our Refund Policy.
Project engagements are quoted flat and billed once, at acceptance. Ongoing advisory is billed monthly and renews until you cancel; cancellation takes effect at the end of the month already paid for, with no cancellation fee. All payments are processed by our payment provider — we never see or store full card numbers.
Request a consultation
Tell us what is going wrong in your distribution chain. We reply within one business day, and the discovery call costs nothing.
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- HoursMonday – Friday9:00 – 17:00 Pacific
- CoverageContinental United States
- Response timeOne business day
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Industry classificationNAICS 541614Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services