Fractional CFO, CEO, COO, and Project Management for Logistics, 3PL, and Reverse Logistics Companies
Cimientu Advisory provides fractional CFO, CEO, COO, project management, and operations leadership for third-party logistics (3PL), warehousing, and reverse logistics companies. We measure cost-to-serve by customer, price contracts to cover it, and build the operating reporting that keeps capacity profitable.
- Third-party logistics (3PL)
- Warehousing and fulfillment
- Reverse logistics and returns
Senior leadership, scaled to what you need.
Fractional CFO
Cost-to-serve, customer pricing, utilization, and working capital.
Fractional CEO
Interim executive leadership through new facilities, customer concentration, acquisitions, and turnarounds.
Fractional COO
Warehouse and transportation operations, labor planning, carrier management, and the KPIs that track productivity and accuracy.
Fractional Project Management
Customer onboarding, warehouse openings, WMS and ERP implementations, and reverse logistics programs.
Each role can be engaged on its own or together, alongside strategy, AI and technology, ERP and systems execution, and back office operations. See what we do.
Where the foundation tends to crack.
Cost-to-serve
Labor, space, and accessorial costs vary by customer, and contracts often do not reflect them.
Utilization
Unused warehouse space and idle labor are fixed costs that erase margin.
Reverse logistics recovery
Returned goods only create value if they are graded, routed, and resold quickly.
Customer contracts
Rates, minimums, and service levels need to be priced and tracked.
What we build together.
- Cost-to-serve and customer profitability
- Contract pricing and rate card design
- Labor and space utilization reporting
- Returns recovery and resale analysis
- Warehouse, ERP, and work management systems
- Contract lifecycle management
Engagements run as fixed-fee deliverables, hourly and project work, or a monthly retainer. See how we engage.
Principals who have stood in this work.
Aaron Wilkins
Led teams that distributed 523,000+ devices across three continents and nine countries.
Plain answers, as promised.
What is cost-to-serve in logistics?
Cost-to-serve is the full cost of handling a customer: receiving, storage, picking, packing, shipping, returns, and account management. Comparing it with what each customer pays shows which accounts are profitable.
What is reverse logistics?
Reverse logistics is the process of moving goods back from the customer or end user for return, repair, refurbishment, resale, recycling, or disposal.
Can you provide a fractional CEO, COO, or project manager, not only a CFO?
Yes. Each fractional role can be engaged on its own or together. A fractional CEO provides interim executive leadership through transitions, turnarounds, and growth phases. A fractional COO runs day-to-day operations, processes, and systems. Fractional project management keeps initiatives such as customer onboarding, warehouse openings, and WMS implementations moving, with coordination, follow-through, and honest status reports.
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