At least $2,000,000 in sales are required to produce the same Bottom Line Profit as $100,000 in savings. 

The problem is that most Consultants look only at negotiating with the carriers, and maybe shuffling the warehouse.  We look at the business requirements of your business, and work toward maximizing results for your customer while minimizing costs.

Most Logistics managers have not been on the ground dealing with lawful entry of items into other countries -- or with lawful exit of items returning to the country of origin. 

They assume that all of the world operates like the United States (or Europe).

Appointed to corporate Trade Compliance Committee of Fortune 500 company as Subject Matter Expert for Export Control, Packaging, Batteries, and Power Supplies, and designated as one of five approved signers of import and export documents for the corporation.

• Single year savings of USD $2.7M in one location
• Average of USD $500,000 Y-on-Y savings in one business unit

IT DOESN'T.

The greatest expense of international shipments usually is Customs Clearance and associated delays. 

That applies to inbound and outbound shipments, alike.

• Not to shipping costs
• Not to crating costs
• Often, not even to the cost of the item(s) shipped
• The largest cost is Customs clearance and associated delays.

Not only is there an expense for duties and agent fees, there is a high cost in manpower and lost productivity caused by a delay in receiving needed materials or parts.

Many of these delays are entirely legally avoidable.

• Reduced transit + clearance times from 70+ days to < 5 days in India (94%)
• Reduced transit + clearance times from 21+ days to 1 day in Mexico (95%)
• Reduced transit + clearance times in other countries by 20% to 70%

• Legally ELIMINATED both duties and taxes on equipment imported for use by in-country developers.

• Legally ELIMINATED both duties and taxes on most trade show and "road show" shipments.

. Simultaneously reduced transit time, clearance time, and clearance costs

Reduced both packaging costs and shipping costs

• Reduced the cost of unit boxes by over 50% while adding full bleed branded graphics
• Reduced single unit shipping cost by over 30%
• Reduced multiple unit shipment costs by over 60%
• Eliminated storage charges
• Reduced or eliminated "technical inspection" charges
• Eliminated $100 per shipment in internal shipping costs

• Reduced time of delivery to Customer for critical shipments
• Improved shipment tracking for critical shipments

Designed, created, and presented training programs to ensure understanding and trade compliance.

• Legally ELIMINATED costs of return of obsolete items by negotiating a customs approved in-country scrap agreement.