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Logistics and Transportation

We help transportation, warehousing and service providers understand customer behavior, optimize networks, cost and quality of service

What we do

Vendor selection
  • Which vendors are operating in the target market?  
  • Will the vendors' capabilities / services offered meet the Company’s requirements?  
  • What measures does the vendor take to prioritize and improve end customer responsiveness?  
  • How does the vendor comply with safety regulations and other legal norms?  
  • What is the reputation of the vendor in the market? 
  • How does the vendor differentiate its operation from its competitors? 
  • What operational bottlenecks can be anticipated while partnering with the vendor?  
Vendor satisfaction
  • How has the vendor’s experience been so far? 
  • How well are the vendors adapting to the working methodology of the Company? 
  • How is the order placement process structured?  
  • What problems do they face in their day to day operations? 
  • Is the vendor satisfied with the support provided by the Company? 
  • How can the Company improve its service to vendors to obtain better results? 
Micro-market supply chain mapping
  • What are the key customer segments in the market? 
  • How is the operation changing with newer emerging technologies? 
  • What is the Company’s dependency on various suppliers? 
  • What are the risk factors associated with the micro market and how can it be mitigated?  
  • How is the brand positioned in the minds of the suppliers? 
  • How is the transportation network designed to provide last mile coverage? 
  • What measures can be taken to avoid potential supply chain disruptions? 
 Customer NPS diagnostic
  • How likely is the customer to promote the Company? 
  • How does the NPS vary across regions and how does it compare with key competitors? 
  • What are the key reasons for a customer to be a promoter / detractor? 
  • What are the areas of improvement and ways to do so? 
  • What are the triggers that would cause the customers to change their logistics partner? 
  • What are the relative strengths and weaknesses that have the highest impact on NPS? 
 Industry outlook
  • What is the current market landscape and how is the road map ahead? 
  • How fragmented is the industry? 
  • What are the growth opportunities and challenges in the market? 
  • What are the key trends driving the industry? 
  • What factors can cause disruptions in the industry? 
  • How will advancements in technology and changing consumer preferences shape the industry? 
  • What is the position of online freight platforms and aggregators in the market? 
  • Who are the competitors and how are they positioned?
Unit economics benchmarking
  • What are the different revenue streams per customer? What are the drivers of revenue?  
  • How much does it cost in time and money to service/acquire a customer? 
  • What fixed and variable cost components are associated with servicing a customer? 
  • What are the drivers of fixed and variable cost? 
  • What is the break-even scale and time taken to reach breakeven?  
  • How do the unit economics vary across customer segments (mass, mass affluent, affluent, etc.)? 
 Competitive benchmarking
  • Who are the direct competitors in this space? 
  • How do the key financial metrics compare with the Company’s competitors? 
  • What are the differentiating factors amongst the different players? 
  • What is the average cash to cash time cycle? 
  • What is order accuracy compared to its peers?  
  • What is the DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) and reasons for high DSO? 
  • What is the gross margin return on investment? 
Cluster carrying capacity
  • What strategic capacity planning techniques are being adopted? 
  • What steps are taken to tackle a sudden requirement surge?  
  • How can transport capacity of hazardous material and explosives be managed efficiently? 
  • How to minimize accidents and damages in completing the process?  
  • How can transportation capacities for the future be managed efficiently? 
  • How can transportation capacities of different transport modes be managed efficiently?
Go-to-market assessment
  • What services is the Company offering and the business strategy for it? 
  • What is the position of the brand in the market? 
  • What is the customer acquisition strategy, by customer segment? 
  • What is the partner acquisition strategy, by partner type? 
  • How has the customer experience been across the life cycle?  
  • What is the marketing mix of the demand and brand? 
  • What tools and resources are used to enhance operational effectiveness? 
 Market trends analysis
  • What are the new business and sales strategies? 
  • How is the industry shaped for the future? 
  • How is consumer preference changing and what are its reasons? 
  • How has the rise in e-commerce retail impacted the industry? 
  • What has been the impact of automation? 
  • How are companies adapting to high levels of digitization and integration? 
  • How sensitive is the industry to new inventions or disruptions? 
Voice of customer
  • Which logistics company are customers most satisfied with and why? 
  • How has customer experience been across different product categories? 
  • What are the key reasons for preference of a company over another? 
  • What are the improvement areas that needs attention? 
  • Would they refer the Company to their colleagues/relatives based on prior experience and the reason for doing so? 
  • What are the key elements required to create a long-lasting relationship? 
Customer segmentation
  • Who are the key customers? 
  • What is the Company’s dependency on any specific customer segment? 
  • What is the growth potential of the customer segment? 
  • What are the primary needs of the different customer segments? 
  • How is the customer segmentation based on demographics? 
  • Who are their customers based on psychographic segmentation? 
  • How are customers positioned w.r.t to emerging trends and new technologies?
Geo expansion POC
  • Who are the potential customers in the new market? 
  • How has the market growth been in recent years and how does the road map look? 
  • Who are the competitors and how are they positioned as compared to them? 
  • What advantages/benefits can they potentially realise? 
  • What growth strategies should be adopted to succeed? 
  • How sensitive is the market in response to disruptions? 
  • What is the ease of doing business, with the existing government norms? 
Acquisition profiling and screening
  • What synergies can be realized? 
  • How does the acquisition fit with the Company’s growth strategy?  
  • What is the position of the target company in the market? 
  • What does the Company really want to acquire? (customer base, tools & techniques, or people) 
  • What impact will the acquisition have on the Company’s financials? 
  • How will the acquisition affect the management structure? 
  • What are the risks associated with acquisition? 
Value proposition design
  • What should be the customer’s expectation form the product / service? 
  • How does the proposition cater to functional, social and emotional needs?  
  • What are the pain points and negative outcomes that customers want to avoid? 
  • How will the customers measure the success of an offering in fulfilling their needs? 
  • Profile the customer base to identify what customer segment the offering caters to 
  • What are the product and services that the value proposition is based on? 
  • How does the value proposition eliminate or minimize the customer pain points? 
  • How does the offering map to customer needs for a target segment? 

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