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Independent Logistics Outsourcing Consultants

Outsourcing isn’t right for every business, and a 3PL that’s wrong for your volumes or your customer expectations can cost you more than doing it in-house ever did.

We help you work out whether outsourcing makes sense, and if it does, which provider and structure actually fits. 29 years, 26 countries, and over 2,500 completed projects have taught us the difference.

Companies That Trust Us

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WHAT WE DO

Why Clients Choose Us

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Independent Outsourcing and 3PL Advice

We’re not a 3PL and we don’t sell warehouse or fleet services. That means the recommendation you get, outsource or don’t, and which provider if you do, isn’t shaped by what we’d profit from either way.

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We Know What Good and Bad Outsourcing Looks Like

We’ve reviewed 3PL contracts that looked fine on paper and fell apart in year two, and outsourcing decisions that saved businesses millions because someone checked the fit before signing. We know the difference between a provider that’s right for your volumes and one that just has good sales people.

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29 Years, 26 Countries, Names You'll Recognise

2,500+ projects for the likes of Unilever, Woolworths, Coles, DHL and Adidas. We’ve helped businesses outsource successfully and helped others decide against it, which is usually why we spot the right answer faster than a provider with a stake in the outcome can.

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The Numbers

Our Track Record

The number of years we’ve been running since establishing the company in 1997.

The number of successful client projects we’ve completed in that time.

The ever-growing number of countries we’ve worked in.

How It Works

Where things stand now

Your current operation, and what’s actually pushing you to consider outsourcing, cost, capacity, capability, or all three.

What's actually driving the decision

Not a list of every reason outsourcing could help. The specific problem that’s making in-house no longer make sense, if that’s even true.

Whether outsourcing is actually the right call

Sometimes it is. Sometimes the better fix is in-house. We tell you which, honestly, before we tell you which provider or structure would suit if you go ahead.

What happens next, if you want it to.

No pressure to commit on the call. If it makes sense to keep going, we’ll tell you what that looks like.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you charge for your services?

Fixed fee for most projects, or a daily rate if you want flexibility (implementation support, for instance, where the number of days needed isn’t fixed from day one). Either way, we scope the work and agree the price before anything’s signed, at our own cost, not yours.

Do you guarantee results?

Yes. 180-day, 100% money-back guarantee. Most clients recoup our fees within 6 months, some considerably faster. Our fastest payback on record was 7 days.

Will you also be working with our competitors?

Possibly, and we’re upfront about it. Our client list is public on this site, so you can see who we’ve worked with before you even pick up the phone. When there’s a genuine conflict, consultants aren’t shared across competing accounts, and we tell existing clients before taking on a competitor in their sector.

Who actually does the work, an experienced consultant or a fresh graduate?

Experienced managers, mostly people who’ve held real operational roles like General Manager before moving into consulting. Not a room full of recent MBA grads.

Our Clients

Hear from businesses who have transformed their logistics management with our expert solutions.

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

Nigel Goode
Global Manager, Maersk Logistics Denmark

“Thanks for everything over the last four years, Logistics Bureau has provided a great perspective to a wider Supply Chain environment that has really helped broaden my horizons and remove the Nestle blinkers.”

Megan Sunderland
Supply Chain Manager, Nestle’ Ice Cream

“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
Supply Chain Manager, Weston Milling

“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

Risk-Free Guarantee

We stand by the quality of our services with a 100% Money-Back Guarantee. If you’re not completely satisfied with the results, we’ll refund your investment—no questions asked.

Money back guarantee

We stand by the quality of our services with a 100% Money-Back Guarantee. If you’re not completely satisfied with the results, we’ll refund your investment—no questions asked.

Money back guarantee

Optimise Your Logistics Management Today

Not sure whether outsourcing is the right call, or which provider would actually suit you if it is? That’s exactly what we help you work out, honestly, before you commit either way.

Complete the quick form below to chat with a Logistics Bureau consultant, or call us directly on +61 (2) 8212 9775.

Talk soon!

Rob O’Byrne

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