Independent supply chain and procurement advisory for Australian businesses. Andrew Meadows spent nearly three decades on the carrier side — at TNT, StarTrack, Toll Global Express, Team Global Express, Australia Post, and ANC. He knows what your suppliers know. Starting with a free freight invoice review.
They negotiate without data. They renew contracts without benchmarks. They make procurement and sourcing decisions without understanding the true cost of what they're buying. That's expensive — and it's fixable.
If you don't know what your freight should cost, you can't push back when a carrier raises rates. Most businesses are in exactly this position — and carriers know it. A rate increase without an independent benchmark is almost impossible to challenge.
Freight agreements that roll over without a proper market test are one of the most common sources of unrecovered cost we see. The original deal may have been fair. Three years later, without a tender or renegotiation, it rarely still is.
Freight cost as a line item understates the real number. When you factor in lead times, inventory holding costs, and supply chain risk — the true cost of sourcing decisions looks very different. Most businesses aren't making decisions with that full picture.
Single-supplier dependency, over-concentration in one region, no contingency in the event of a disruption — these are structural risks that build quietly. Most businesses only discover their exposure when something goes wrong.
No recommendations before we've listened. No assumptions before we've looked. Every engagement begins with Andrew understanding your situation — then telling you what he found.
Andrew reviews your freight invoices and tells you exactly what to challenge. No charge. No commitment. This is where most clients start.
Andrew's independent assessment of your freight spend, contracts, suppliers, warehousing, and procurement. Where the money is going. Where it shouldn't be.
An independent monthly review of how your carriers are performing against their contracted obligations — and what to do when they're not.
Andrew manages your freight tender from start to finish — RFP, carrier selection, evaluation, negotiation, and appointment. Built on 30 years of being on the carrier side.
What does your imported product actually cost to land? Andrew models the full cost — freight, duty, port, last mile, and financing — so you can make decisions on real numbers.
Andrew as your fractional supply chain director. Independent advice on every freight, procurement, and logistics decision as it comes up — without the overhead of a full-time hire.
The diagnostic is where everything starts. Andrew spends time understanding your freight spend, your contracts, your supplier relationships, and your cost structure — before forming a single opinion about what needs to change.
From that, he gives you a clear view of where the issues are, what they're worth fixing, and what the path forward looks like. Most clients find the diagnostic alone identifies more value than it costs.
Branded to your business. Accessible to your whole team. Every analysis Andrew produces, every report, every recommendation — stored permanently in one place.
Your supply chain adviser is available in your portal around the clock to answer questions between conversations.
The large consulting firms aren't interested at your scale. The generalists don't understand freight and supply chain deeply enough to find the real problems. We sit in the gap — with the depth to go further than a generalist and the agility to move far faster than a large firm.
Thirty years working inside Australia's leading freight and logistics carriers means Andrew understands how these networks are built, how they price, and what they'll move on in a negotiation. That's not something you learn from a textbook.
That experience makes every conversation sharper, every finding more credible, and every negotiation better informed — because Andrew has been inside the rooms where these decisions are made.
If freight is your largest variable cost and you've never independently benchmarked it — we can tell you exactly what it should cost and what to do about it.
Andrew works with mid-market businesses across manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and retail — wherever freight cost and supply chain complexity are a meaningful part of the business.
The engagement starts with a conversation. Not a proposal. Not a pitch deck. Just Andrew understanding your situation before saying anything about it.
Alex understands supply chain — domestic freight, warehousing, distribution, procurement, and carrier management. Tell Alex what's going on and Andrew will follow up personally, usually the same day.
Andrew reviews every conversation personally
Book a 45-minute discovery call with Andrew. No pitch. No proposal before he's understood your situation. Just a straight conversation about your supply chain.
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