A lot of companies think they have only two choices when it comes to logistics:

Hire an entry-level or junior role to handle execution
Or
Absorb logistics into Operations, Purchasing, or Customer Service and hope it works

There’s a third option.

I consider logistics management across three overlapping workstreams:
Operations
Analytics
Strategy

Junior roles usually only cover operations or analytics (if you're lucky). Senior leadership ties all three together.

That’s why fractional logistics leadership can cost the same or less than a coordinator, while delivering significantly more value.

The real value in managing logistics isn’t moving freight. It's by using a deep understanding of YOUR organization's operation coupled with insights drawn from great analytics that help to generate new, strategic ideas.

It's that analytical and strategic mindset wrapped up into one role that achieves cost savings, efficiencies, and optimization that in just a few short months can pay for the role itself.