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Widely Respected Logistics and Supply Chain Consultants

Available in Argentina and Throughout South America

Logistics Bureau is a globally respected consulting company that provides the services of logistics and supply chain consultants in Argentina to enterprises and organizations operating locally, regionally, or internationally.

We aid, guide, coach, and support senior business leaders in Buenos Aires and other Argentinian cities, as well as in Chile and throughout South America, helping them to solve logistics and supply chain problems and hence, improve business performance.

With over 20 years in operation and a rapidly expanding international clientele, we adapted our service delivery model in 2021, and can now provide all our consulting services remotely, as an alternative to our conventional in-person approach.

Chat to our supply chain & logistics consultants for Argentina businesses today.

Our Argentina Supply Chain & Logistics Services and the Sectors We Serve

We already count several companies in Argentina among those who have engaged our logistics and supply chain consultants, so we’re not new to the challenges faced by business leaders in Buenos Aires and elsewhere in the country.

Many of our previous assignments in Argentina have been in the mining and mineral industries, with several of our consultants having acquired local knowledge of how that sector operates.

Previous projects have involved evaluation of freight transportation modes (road and rail), warehouse and materials handling system design, and optimisation of export operations through primary sea ports in Argentina and Chile.

Globally, though, Logistics Bureau’s thousands of completed projects have encompassed most commercial and industrial sectors, including:

  • FMCG and beverage
  • Energy, construction, and mining
  • Government and economic development
  • Third-party logistics
  • Healthcare
  • Retail
  • IT and telecommunications

Whichever space your company occupies, we’ll be pleased to discuss any logistics and supply chain issues you are facing, or initiatives you are planning, to assess how we can help you and explain the guaranteed benefits of engaging us.

Here is a brief list showing just some of the ways in which we assist our clients:

  • Distribution network optimization
  • Assistance with logistics insourcing and outsourcing strategy/decisions
  • Warehouse internal design, layout, and set up, including handling systems
  • Strategic selection of sites for warehouses & distribution centres
  • Developing supply chain strategy
  • 3PL partner selection/sourcing
  • Warehouse/DC capacity planning
  • Goods transportation fleet design, planning and set-up
  • Redesign/layout optimization of existing warehouses
  • Determining optimal fleet makeup for transportation operators (3PL and in-house fleets)
  • Transportation fleet set-up
  • Cost-to-serve analysis and optimization
  • S&OP strategy & implementation
  • Providing supply chain and logistics training and education for managers and staff

The above list is not exhaustive, and we will tailor any combination of our services to the needs of your business and project. Furthermore, Logistics Bureau is a vendor-neutral service provider, so we will never try and convince you to procure the products, services, or solutions of any specific supplier.

Remote Logistics and Supply Chain Consulting in Argentina

During 2020 and 2021, the world of business was disrupted massively by the Coronavirus pandemic. One of the most significant effects was the curtailment of many facilities enabling people to move freely and travel internationally.

In recognition of the need for change, we began developing the capabilities necessary to provide our services with less need—or even none at all—for our consultants to physically spend time in our clients’ businesses.

As a result, we can now offer ALL services of our logistics and supply chain consultants in Argentina via remote delivery methods, enabling you to complete your projects without bringing external people to your business locations. Our remote solutions are also very affordable in comparison with the fees attached to conventional consulting contracts.

In addition to providing remote services customized to your needs, we also offer a new range of packaged remote diagnostic solutions, to help you fast-track specific supply chain and logistics improvements.

Our diagnostic packages cover a range of supply chain management elements, including the following:

  • Inventory management: Suffering from inventory blowouts or generally poor IM performance? We’ll help you improve with our inventory management excellence model.
  • Safety stock reduction: We’ll aid you in assessing and optimizing your safety inventory levels.
  • Supply chain planning: Improve your strategic effectiveness with our remote consulting solution that’s focused on inventory, inbound supply, demand, KPIs, and S&OP.
  • Warehouse performance: Cut costs & improve service with our warehouse management analytics, guidance, and support service.
  • Distribution network optimization: Let us evaluate the flow of products through your distribution network, and help you make the changes that will improve it.
  • Demand forecasting: We can assist you to achieve forecast accuracy by as much as 5% with our analytics and assessment package.
Companies That Trust Us
  • ACE Perdis
  • A&L Windows and Doors
  • AAP
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abbvie
  • Abey Australia
  • Air Liquide Australia
  • Adidas
  • Access Info Mgmt
  • ACCO
  • Acco Brands
  • ACF
  • ACG
  • Adbri
  • ADI
  • ADRT
  • AEI
  • AGR Cyanide
  • Air New Zealand
  • Alcon Laboratories
  • ALDI
  • Albi Imports
  • Allied Pinnacle
  • ALM
The Leaders of Our Team

We hope you will get to know some of the remarkable logistics and supply chain consultants from Logistics Bureau, and benefit from their knowledge and expertise. In the meantime, we’d like to offer a brief introduction to the two gentlemen at the helm of our business:

Rob O’Byrne

Owner and Group CEO

Rob’s determination to continue Logistics Bureau’s growth and expansion arises from his passion for helping people and businesses improve performance.

David Riddle

Deputy Group CEO

David joined Logistics Bureau in 2001 following a relocation to Australia from the UK, where he had completed nine years of service in the finance sector.

 
Frequently Asked Questions

1. I did not hear of Logistics Bureau before. What is your marketing approach?

We’ve always maintained a low-profile marketing approach, with more than 60% of our business made up of repeat engagements with existing clients. Another 30% of our work arises from referrals, and a small percentage is generated as a result of inbound enquiries.

2. How do you charge for your services?

We can agree to charge on a fixed fee basis or at a daily rate. The daily rate is preferred by some of our existing clients, especially for projects such as implementation support, when they need flexibility in the number of days that our consultants provide for them. However, most of our work is based on a fixed, agreed fee, for a defined scope of work and outcome.

3. How do you determine the level of fees?

We base them on the resources that we calculate to be necessary to achieve your project’s goal. We judiciously scope and plan each project with the client before we submit any proposal. Our aim is always to ensure that everyone involved in a project shares common expectations.

Detailed project planning is the next step, in order to ascertain realistic time lines and resource requirements. This preliminary effort comes at no cost to the client, and we will complete two or three iterations of a proposal if necessary—to make certain we get it right.

We take the utmost care in our project planning and pricing. We have to—because we guarantee the results!

4. Do you work with us remotely, or on site in our business?

Ultimately, the nature and needs of your project or program will drive the way we provide our consulting services. For some engagements, the presence of one or more of our logistics experts will be essential, at least for some project segments.

However, as we have recently developed a robust range of remote consulting methodologies, and new digital tools, the need for on-site consulting is not as critical as it once was. Wherever possible, we will aim for a hybrid approach, involving a combination on-site and remote service provision.

That said, we understand that the current pandemic situation requires avoidance of business travel, and the presence of external visitors in your business, as much as possible. That’s why we now offer 100% remote consulting for all our services, as long as we believe it can meet your needs. In the majority of situations, we’re confident that it will.

5. Will we receive real value in return for payment of a consulting fee?

Our CEO, Rob O’Byrne, offers a personal response to address this concern, and by publishing his quote here, we hope that will answer this essential question.

Here is what Rob will be pleased to tell you if you speak with him in person:

“I offer you my personal assurance, that at Logistics Bureau, you will. The majority of our consulting assignments result in a payback for the client within six months. That’s why we have loyal customers, many of whom have been with us since we launched our business in July 1997.”

What Our Clients Say

“Thank you for your time so far in assisting Weston Milling develop a S&OP process for our Australian and New Zealand operations. Your broad industry knowledge, real life experiences and down to earth delivery of specific training courses has been a significant catalyst to successful implementation in our business. All training has been delivered on time and within budget, communication between Weston Milling and yourself has been exceptional. Feedback from training courses has been invaluable in determining individual branches cultural readiness for S&OP implementation.”

Greg Friedichs
S&OP Project Manager / Supply Chain Manager, Weston Milling

“Logistics Bureau specializes in warehousing networks, so it was a good fit there. Most supply chain companies, they try to cover the full breadth, but because it’s such a broad spectrum of disciplines, it’s hard to be very, very good in every single one.”

Craig Sutton
Gerard Lighting

“Really appreciate younger David who has very good personal skills side to work with my team as well as the customer. Offering the way to win from serving benefits to their customers.”

Vipas Paovarojkit
Friesland Campina, Thailand

“Logistics Bureau has a number of people that have worked in the industry, have managed 3PL contracts and actually been a 3PL service provider. Considers Logistics Bureau a very credible organisation in warehousing logistics and supply chain. ”

Alejandro Araujo
HealthShare, NSW

“Appreciates Logistics Bureau’s corporate giving program. It’s nice to see businesses take that responsibility. ”

Chris Dau
Independent Cement

“Vale Argentina conducted a global search for a supply chain consultancy that had the specific mining industry experience we required. This experience, which we found within Logistics Bureau, allowed us to explore the use of vehicle configurations not previously used in Argentina. Logistics Bureau was adaptive to our local environment and demonstrated an understanding of our industry and large-scale, remote location logistics. The valuable insights we gained from the project opened up unexpected options for us.”

Bruno Perrotta
Logistics Manager, Vale Argentina

“Lion Nathan have called on the services of Logistics Bureau many times over the years. We do this because quite simply they listen to what we need, and then help us achieve it; with great results in terms of cost and service for the business… Lion Nathan have found the implementation of sound S&OP processes a bit of a struggle over the years, but with the help of Logistics Bureau, the appropriate disciplines, and key stakeholder buy in, S&OP is now embedded in the business aligning people and functions and adding real value.”

George Bearzot
Logistics Director, Lion Nathan Australia

“We engaged Logistics Bureau for a review of our domestic freight and, three years later, we’ve completed our fourth supply chain project with them. They have broad experience across their team and have shown flexibility in adapting to our changing circumstances and needs.”

David Clare
Head of Supply Services ANZ, Reckitt Benckiser

“Logistics Bureau filled a critical niche as we progressed through a business start-up. Working to a tight schedule, they drafted a very sound contract for use with our transport service provider. The level of industry knowledge that they brought to the table gave us great confidence as we negotiated a successful agreement.”

Rob Whitbourne
MD, Independent Tubemills

“I have known and worked with Logistics Bureau for many years, particularly during my time as a senior executive at Siam City Cement Company in Bangkok. Logistics Bureau have consistently been able to bring just the expertise I was looking for and deliver outstanding commercial results.”

Theeraphon Kangwanpornsiri
Siam City Cement Company – Bangkok

“We employed Logistics Bureau to undertake a complete review of our supply chain. The moment we engaged them they added value to the business. Their knowledge and approach to analysing the issues ensured the review was on time and on budget. Logistics Bureau surpassed our expectations and we are still seeing the benefits today.”

Mark Fowler
General Manager – Retail, Campus Experience, Macquarie University

“I have known Logistics Bureau as a business and the Managing Director Rob O’Byrne personally for many years. They bring to our business the knowledge, experience, skills and professionalism that we need when seeking objective external assistance in Supply Chain and Logistics management matters. Their approach was very practical and clear enabling our organisations to implement their suggested strategies.”

Peter Lindner
Assistant Managing Director, Samitivej Public Company Limited – Samitivej Hospitals – Bangkok

“There’s only one Supply Chain Consultancy in the Region, I know of, that truly understands our industry. Rob and his team are all very experienced and all have operational supply chain back grounds, that’s the major difference between the Logistics Bureau and the others.”

Craig Hope-Johnstone
General Manager – Logistics, Australian Discount Retail

“Logistics Bureau has been our preferred supply chain management consulting business for 8 years as they have proven time and time again that they provide value for money solutions that hit the bottom line.”

Brian Robinson
Former Chief Executive Officer, George Weston Foods Baking Division – Australia

“Logistics Bureau were exceptional in their ability to engage our wider organisation in the change management process which ensure sustainable commercial results.”

Subi Nanthivarman
Commercial Manager, Bayer Healthcare

“I have known and used Logistics Bureau for many years and their ability to order complexity has led to sustainable commercial results time and time again.”

Craig Stokoe
Global Procurement & Logistics Manager, Aristocrat Industries – Australia

“Logistics Bureau is an excellent management consultancy, they don’t just come up with the plan, they deliver.”

Nigel Goode
Global Manager, Warehousing and Distribution,Maersk Logistics Denmark

“Logistics Bureau has been our preferred supply chain management consultant for 9 years because they continue to deliver sound commercial results.”

Tom Loncar
Supply Chain Manager, GSK Consumer Health

“Logistics Bureau were able to provide value and sound commercial results by assisting us in our complex supply chain modeling.”

Tim Ford
Former Supply Chain General Manager Fosters, Carlton United Breweries

“You did a wonderful job. I am willing to recommend you to everybody.”

Khun Surasak Jinapun
Gold City Footwear – Thailand

“Great work. A very well put together report. Fabulous.”

Tony Ryba
CEO, White International – Australia

How Can We Help You Improve Your Logistics and Supply Chain in Argentina?

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Alternatively, we welcome your contact by phone at +61 (2) 8212 9775, or by email to [email protected].