IndustriesLogistics and supply chain

Logistics and supply chain

Financial strategy for businesses that move goods

We help carriers, warehouse operators and distributors price their services, plan capacity and invest in fleets and facilities with clear returns.

Pallets of boxes stacked on warehouse racking

Who we work with

From single route to national network

Logistics runs on thin margins, heavy assets and demand that shifts with the economy. The questions change as a network grows, so we start with where you are.

Carriers and fleet operators

Lane and customer profitability, fuel and labour cost scenarios, and the case for fleet expansion or renewal.

Warehouse and third-party logistics providers

Cost-to-serve by client, contract pricing, and capacity and automation investments.

Distributors, investors and acquirers

Working capital and network decisions, valuation, and diligence ahead of an investment or acquisition.

Decisions we support

The decisions logistics teams bring to us

Each one links to the practice that handles it, so you can go from the question in front of you to how we answer it.

Pricing contracts and lanes

Pricing built on true cost-to-serve by customer, lane and service, so volume adds to profit.

Pricing and costing

Investing in fleet, facilities or automation

Comparing investments on return, payback and risk before committing capital.

Capital allocation

Protecting margin from fuel and currency swings

Understanding exposure to fuel, currency and rates, and the options for managing it.

Hedging and risk management

Freeing up working capital

Managing receivables, payables and inventory so growth does not outrun cash.

Fractional CFO

Growing through acquisition

Screening targets, valuation, and diligence and integration planning through to close.

Mergers and acquisitions

Rethinking the model

Reshaping services, pricing and asset mix when the market shifts.

Business model redesign

Our perspective

Volume only adds to profit when every lane, customer and contract is priced on its true cost to serve.

We build cost-to-serve by customer and lane, and test fleet and facility investments on return and payback, so growth adds margin as well as volume.

Selected work

See how our engagements come together

From pricing and capital planning to acquisitions, our selected work shows the range of companies we serve and the decisions we help them make.

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The firm

An independent firm, built around the work

Engagements are principal-led and staffed to the work, drawing on our network of legal, tax and audit partners where a scope requires it.

Many of our relationships continue well beyond the first mandate, as fractional controller or CFO, as research partner, or as adviser on the next raise or transaction.

Principal-ledSenior attention from scoping through delivery.
Hands-onInvolved from the first model through to execution.
For the long termOngoing roles as controller, CFO and research partner.

About Alphabridge

Questions

Questions logistics teams ask us

Can you calculate cost-to-serve by customer?

Yes. We allocate fleet, labour, facility and overhead costs to customers, lanes and services, so you can see which accounts make money and reprice or restructure the ones that do not.

Do you help with lease versus buy decisions?

Yes. We compare leasing and buying fleet or facilities on total cost, cash flow and flexibility, including the financing available to you.

Do you only work with companies in British Columbia?

No. We are based in Vancouver and work with companies across Canada and internationally.

What does an engagement cost?

It depends on the scope. After a first conversation we send a written proposal with deliverables, timing and fees, so you know the cost before any work begins.