Industry practice

Trucking & logistics advisory for carriers serious about margin and scale.

Industry-native financial and operational consulting for asset-based carriers, brokerages, and last-mile logistics operators navigating margin compression, fuel volatility, and the realities of scaling fleet.

Outcomes

What changes inside your business.

Margin recovery

Identified margin leakage by lane, customer, driver, and equipment, with a plan to act on it.

Smarter fleet decisions

Equipment financing, replacement cycles, and expansion decisions backed by real economics.

Operational visibility

Industry KPIs, revenue per truck, cost per mile, utilization, deadhead, built into a real operating cadence.

Cash discipline

13-week cash visibility that respects the fuel, payroll, insurance, and debt service rhythm of a real carrier.

What it is

Finance and operations that speak trucking.

Trucking is unforgiving. Razor-thin margins, fuel volatility, equipment cycles, driver markets, freight cyclicality, and a regulatory environment that doesn't slow down. Generic financial advisory doesn't survive contact with that reality.

We bring industry-native financial thinking to carriers and logistics operators: revenue per truck, cost per mile, deadhead exposure, driver profitability, route economics, equipment ROI, and the specific cash dynamics of an asset-heavy business.

Whether you're scaling fleet, evaluating an equipment purchase, restructuring lanes, or preparing for a sale, we build the financial picture around how the business actually runs.

Typical deliverables

What you can expect.

  • Trucking-specific KPI dashboard
  • Per-truck and per-driver profitability analysis
  • Lane and customer margin analysis
  • Fleet expansion / replacement modeling
  • Equipment financing decision support
  • Industry-tuned 13-week cash forecast
  • Operational improvement roadmap
Fit profile

Best suited for operators who:

  • Run an asset-based carrier between 10 and 500 trucks
  • Operate a freight brokerage or logistics business at $5M–$100M in revenue
  • Feel margin compression and want a clearer view of where the cash actually goes
  • Are evaluating fleet expansion, an acquisition, or a sale
Questions

Frequently asked.

Do you only work with asset-based carriers?
No, we work across asset-based trucking, freight brokerages, last-mile, and intermodal operators. The financial fundamentals translate, even if the operating model differs.
Can you help us decide whether to add more trucks?
Yes, fleet expansion modeling is one of our most common trucking engagements. The wrong fleet decision can compress margin for years; the right one compounds.
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Next Step

Bring institutional thinking to your next decision.

A 30-minute strategy call to pressure-test the financial questions in front of you, no pitch, no obligation.