Portfolios

PLG utilized our extensive industry network to provide strategic research and information that drove actionable opportunities in the client's market. We prioritized markets, product categories and specific products for the client to pursue. We identified potential customers and analyzed capabilities vs best in class terminals.

Client had bulk liquid terminals for which it was looking to increase volume through new markets. PLG evaluated the bulk liquid market around each terminal, the outlook for select commodities and competitors in the region. PLG identified actionable commodities and potential customers for each bulk liquid terminal.

PLG helped PE client make a wise investment decision in bulk terminaling, providing bulk terminals competitive analysis and identifying competing transloads and mines (current and future) and analyze their logistics to future drilling areas. This strategic guidance on valuation saved the client over $100MM.

Although continually showing year-over-year budget improvement in logistics costs, a leading provider of safety, quality, conservation, and flow-control products to water infrastructure markets in North America, Europe and China had not done a major network analysis in approximately eight years.  New executive management decided that an optimization study, along with benchmarking research, would be both educational and potentially surface network cost reduction opportunities.

Client engaged PLG to develop a turnkey marine supply chain to supply North American markets with bulk and packaged minerals from the Caribbean. PLG developed comprehensive marine logistics strategy including vessel sizing and contracting and loading systems,  performed initial port site selection process and created a total-cost-to-serve cost model.

This highly respected US logistics provider sought to expand its capabilities into barge transportation and looked to PLG Consulting for strategic guidance on end user markets, demand forecasts, and competitive SWOT analysis to support significant M&A activity in the barge transportation industry.

This early mover and now largest wind farm developer in South America needed help procuring and transport materials and cargo across four continents to Brazil. PLG Consulting saved 20% in transportation costs.

This global chemical company improved their truckload services, streamlined their technology delivery tool application and reduced overall cost per mile.

Due to positive implications of the US energy and manufacturing markets, PLG Consulting helped identify three specific high-growth chemical product streams with a concentration in the bulk truck transport market and seven bulk truck service regions with expansion opportunities.

The owner of a complex crude oil refinery wanted an outside evaluation of their trucking operation compared to best practices. PLG experts gathered and analyzed key data, identifying 15-20 specific opportunities for safety, operations and organizational improvements and delivered an associated implementation performance timeline and scoreboard.