How We Help

Through 25+ years of focus on the cargo supply chain, we’ve been lucky to be a small part of dozens of ground-breaking IT and process automation projects for port authorities, marine terminals, shipping lines, motor carriers and railroads. Our founders are founders...with two highly successful exits under their belt.  We augment C-level leaders and teams by providing insight on the ROI of tech solutions and supporting best-practice processes...from simple analysis to full life-cycle project justification strategy & procurement management. We're also passionate about helping you create and execute digital branding, sales and marketing strategies to ensure the right market segment knows exactly how great your solutions are. 

Here's how we help:

Technology

• Augment and/or lead your team in the evaluation, design, justification and implementation of best practice technology projects 
• Expertise with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Gate automation, OCR systems(gate/crane/rail), RFID/GPS/PDS, equipment control, automated inventory systems, Port Community Systems (appointment, truck registry, cargo visibility, etc), Terminal Operating Systems, Dispatch & TMS Systems, System integrations  
• Remote managed services to support local operations and reduce OPEX
• Strategic analysis for M&A
• Procurement management (RFP requirement definition, document creation, supplier qualification & scoring)
• Staff and user training

Facility & Process Design

• Facility & business turnaround strategy to augment M&A initiatives
• Operational analysis, competitive productivity & process improvement strategy
• Process mapping, time & motion studies, and digitalization best practices, SWOT analysis
• Partner/vendor/solution due diligence for new facility/lease feasibility planning
• Operational process optimization & digitization strategy
• Queuing/terminal throughput modeling for ports, terminals and inland warehouse/depots
• KPI definition, benchmarking & measurement
• Cost analysis (cost/move studies, CAPEX/OPEX investment modeling for truck gates, depot operations)
• Cargo facility gate design (relocation, sizing, technology, process design, safety, project cost estimates, ROI modeling)
• Technology review + industry best practices, needs analysis, evaluation

Sales & Marketing

• Digital strategy for startups (branding, website, social media, launch PR, blog, etc) 
• Content marketing including creation, editing, ongoing authorship of a product, solution or brand
• End to end sales strategy, design and execution
• Competitive landscape & service differentiation review 
• Customer archetype analysis: how to define and reach those that value what you do
• Revenue & profitability analysis
• Branding review/SWOT