Services
Transportation Consulting and Brokerage Services
CERVINO Management Group supports customers across the full transportation decision cycle: evaluating the current network, identifying savings opportunities, sourcing qualified logistics partners, designing multimodal solutions, and helping manage implementation.
Transportation Consulting
We help companies evaluate their freight network, transportation spend, lane performance, and service requirements to identify practical opportunities for cost savings and operational improvement.
What's Included
- Transportation spend review
- Lane and mode analysis
- Network optimization
- Supply chain redesign
- Cost-to-serve evaluation
- Freight flow mapping
- Service performance assessment
- Strategic recommendations for cost reduction
Rail Strategy and Modal Conversion
For customers relying heavily on truckload freight, rail may provide meaningful savings, capacity benefits, and long-term network value. CERVINO Management Group helps evaluate where rail makes sense and how to implement it without disrupting service.
What's Included
- Truck-to-rail conversion analysis
- Rail-served facility evaluation
- Rail lane feasibility
- Railroad and service provider coordination
- Rail access strategy
- Carload and intermodal evaluation
- Cost and service tradeoff analysis
Transload Solutions
Transloading can help customers access rail economics even when their facility is not directly rail-served. We help identify, evaluate, and coordinate with transload operators that can safely and efficiently handle customer freight.
What's Included
- Transload site identification
- Operator sourcing and evaluation
- Bulk, packaged, and palletized product handling review
- Rail-to-truck and truck-to-rail solution design
- Facility capability assessment
- Pricing and service coordination
- Startup and implementation support
Port Logistics and Drayage
Port-related freight requires tight coordination between steamship lines, terminals, drayage providers, warehouses, railroads, and customers. CERVINO Management Group helps customers design practical port logistics solutions that reduce delays, improve visibility, and control cost.
What's Included
- Port drayage coordination
- Import/export logistics strategy
- Container movement planning
- Warehouse and transload support near ports
- Demurrage and detention mitigation strategy
- Port-to-inland distribution planning
- Carrier and operator coordination
3PL and Operator Sourcing
Selecting the wrong logistics partner can create cost, service, safety, and customer experience problems. We help customers identify qualified 3PLs, transload operators, warehouse providers, drayage partners, and transportation providers that fit their freight profile and service needs.
What's Included
- 3PL search and evaluation
- Operator vetting
- Service capability review
- Safety and reliability considerations
- RFP support
- Pricing comparison
- Implementation coordination
- Ongoing relationship support
Brokerage and Customer Coordination
CERVINO Management Group can serve as the connecting point between shippers and logistics providers, helping manage communication, expectations, service requirements, and execution details.
What's Included
- Shipper-to-provider coordination
- Freight solution placement
- Customer service support
- Issue resolution
- Rate and service discussions
- Communication between operators, customers, and carriers
- Ongoing account support
Supply Chain Cost Reduction
We help customers identify hidden transportation costs and develop practical strategies to reduce total spend without sacrificing service quality.
What's Included
- Freight cost analysis
- Mode comparison
- Facility and lane review
- Accessorial cost review
- Drayage and port cost evaluation
- Transportation process improvement
- Savings opportunity roadmap
Not Sure Where to Start?
Tell us about your freight and your current transportation challenges. We will review your needs and help identify practical next steps.
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