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Case studyLogisticsOperations2025

Northline Logistics

Three constraints set the pace of a 14-site network. We fixed them in order.

Result+22% throughput, no capex

The problem

Trucks waited at the dock while the yard stood half empty.

The moves

  1. 01Value-stream map
  2. 02Bottleneck fixes
  3. 03Cost-to-serve model

The outcome

Throughput +22% in 14 weeks, cost-to-serve −11%, on-time delivery 87 → 96%.

Result+22% throughput, no capex
On the record
“Capacity we thought we would have to build turned out to be already there.”
Daniel Okafor, COO
Case studyLogisticsOperations2025

Northline Logistics

Three constraints set the pace of a 14-site network. We fixed them in order.

Result+22% throughput, no capex

The problem

Trucks waited at the dock while the yard stood half empty.

The moves

  1. 01Value-stream map
  2. 02Bottleneck fixes
  3. 03Cost-to-serve model

The outcome

Throughput +22% in 14 weeks, cost-to-serve −11%, on-time delivery 87 → 96%.

Result+22% throughput, no capex
On the record
“Capacity we thought we would have to build turned out to be already there.”
Daniel Okafor, COO
Case studyLogisticsOperations2025

Northline Logistics

Three constraints set the pace of a 14-site network. We fixed them in order.

Result+22% throughput, no capex

The problem

Trucks waited at the dock while the yard stood half empty.

The moves

  1. 01Value-stream map
  2. 02Bottleneck fixes
  3. 03Cost-to-serve model

The outcome

Throughput +22% in 14 weeks, cost-to-serve −11%, on-time delivery 87 → 96%.

Result+22% throughput, no capex
On the record
“Capacity we thought we would have to build turned out to be already there.”
Daniel Okafor, COO

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  • A six-page memo in three weeks
  • Fixed fee, agreed before we start
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  • Fixed fee, agreed before we start
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Start

  • Two partners on the call
  • A six-page memo in three weeks
  • Fixed fee, agreed before we start
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A business and management consulting firm. We find the one decision that moves your numbers, then help you make it.

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