Travel & Transportation

A.T. Kearney was the first major consulting firm to establish a dedicated transportation practice. We work with transportation and logistics services companies in every mode, market segment and geographic area. With a primary focus on corporate strategy, we also assist our clients with operational, marketing, organizational and information technology issues.

We provide consulting to carriers as well as their customers, providing a unique perspective on shipper logistics and carrier strategy, and their relationship to traffic control, carrier selection and pricing decisions.

Through our work with carriers, equipment manufacturers, government agencies, third-party service providers and other stakeholders, we have considerable understanding of the transportation industry infrastructure, economics and success requirements to help our clients compete domestically and internationally.

Our experience in the transportation industry covers a broad range of services, including:

Strategy and organization: strategic planning, portfolio rationalization, competitive analysis, post-merger integration and merger and acquisition support
Marketing and sales: marketing strategy, international customer requirements, key account strategy, salesforce effectiveness
Planning and analysis: budgeting models, development of cost standards, customer/segment profitability, finance transformation
Operations: terminal productivity, network design, business process improvement, global sourcing/supply management, outsourcing
Facilities/maintenance: inventory reduction, maintenance network, terminal layout, asset utilization, best practices
Technology and e-business: e-business strategy, business case development

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