Trade lane analysis, landed cost modeling, carrier optimization, freight rate benchmarking, and compliance audits to cut costs and build a faster, more resilient international supply chain.
Most companies know their freight costs are too high — they just don't know where to start fixing it. MyExpressFreight's supply chain consultants bring deep operational expertise across ocean freight, customs, warehousing, and distribution to give you a clear picture of where your money is going, where you're overpaying, and exactly what to do about it.
Whether you're importing from Asia, exporting to Europe, or managing a complex multi-modal domestic network, our consulting team identifies practical, measurable improvements — not just theoretical frameworks — and helps you execute them.
Companies that conduct a structured supply chain review with MyExpressFreight consistently find significant cost and performance improvements they weren't aware of.
Practical, data-driven supply chain consulting focused on measurable cost reduction, compliance improvement, and operational performance.
A full review of your shipping routes — carriers used, transit times, on-time performance, rate competitiveness, and port selection. We identify faster, cheaper, and more reliable alternatives on every lane you operate.
We calculate the true total cost of importing your products — purchase price, freight, duties, insurance, warehousing, and last-mile delivery — so you can make accurate sourcing decisions and set correct pricing strategies.
Evaluate your current carrier mix against the full market. We run RFPs, analyze service and rate trade-offs, and build a carrier selection strategy that balances cost, reliability, and service quality for each trade lane.
Are you paying market rates? We benchmark your current freight spend against live market data across ocean, air, FTL, and LTL to quantify overpayment and arm your team for carrier negotiations with hard data.
A thorough review of your import and export compliance program — HTS classifications, valuation methods, FTA claims, country of origin documentation, and CBP recordkeeping. Identify and fix errors before an audit finds them.
HTS reclassification, First Sale valuation, FTA qualification, tariff engineering, and duty drawback analysis — we find every legal avenue to reduce your customs duty burden on imported goods.
The wrong Incoterms cost money and create risk. We review your purchase orders and sales contracts to ensure your Incoterms align with your logistics strategy — putting freight costs and risk exactly where they belong.
Considering shifting production from Asia to Mexico, Central America, or domestic US? We model the full cost and logistics implications — freight, duties, transit time, inventory, and risk — so your decision is data-driven.
We keep our consulting process straightforward and action-oriented. You get clear findings and a concrete implementation roadmap — not a thick report that sits on a shelf.
The disruptions of recent years — port congestion, blank sailings, geopolitical tariff shifts, and pandemic-driven bottlenecks — have exposed just how fragile single-source, single-lane supply chains can be. MyExpressFreight helps you build resilience without sacrificing efficiency.
Common questions about freight consulting, landed cost analysis, trade lane optimization, and customs compliance reviews.
Supply chain consulting is a structured analysis of your end-to-end logistics operation designed to identify cost savings, compliance improvements, and performance gains. MyExpressFreight offers consulting engagements ranging from focused single-topic reviews (like freight rate benchmarking or customs compliance) to comprehensive end-to-end supply chain assessments. Contact us to discuss scope and pricing — many engagements pay for themselves in the first shipment's savings.
Landed cost modeling calculates the true total cost of getting an imported product to your facility — including purchase price, ocean or air freight, insurance, customs duties, port fees, drayage, and warehousing. Without accurate landed cost data, companies routinely make sourcing and pricing decisions based on incomplete numbers. A 5% lower purchase price from a new supplier can easily be wiped out by higher freight rates or duty rates on a different trade lane.
Companies that haven't actively benchmarked or renegotiated freight rates in the past 12–18 months often find they are paying 10–25% above current market rates. Ocean freight markets fluctuate significantly, and carriers don't proactively offer rate reductions. Our benchmarking process quantifies your overpayment against live market data and gives you the ammunition to negotiate — or switch carriers — and capture those savings immediately.
A customs compliance audit reviews your import and export filings for accuracy in HTS classification, declared value, country of origin, and Free Trade Agreement claims. If CBP audits you first and finds errors, penalties can be substantial. A proactive internal audit identifies errors, recovers overpaid duties through protest filings, and documents your good-faith compliance effort — reducing penalty risk significantly. Most importers processing more than $500K in duties annually benefit from a regular compliance review.
Incoterms define who pays for freight, insurance, and customs clearance at each stage of an international shipment. Many importers buy on EXW (Ex Works) terms and end up controlling — and paying for — the entire international freight move, when DDP or CIF terms might shift those costs and risks to the supplier. Conversely, exporters selling DDP take on customs and delivery risk they may not realize. Correct Incoterms selection can shift significant costs back to the right party in your supply chain.
Nearshoring to Mexico offers significant benefits for many US companies: shorter ocean transit times (3–5 days vs. 14–30 days from Asia), zero duties on qualifying goods under USMCA, lower supply chain risk, and reduced inventory requirements. However, it depends on your specific product, manufacturing requirements, and landed cost comparison. MyExpressFreight can model the full logistics cost difference between your current Asia-origin supply chain and a Mexico-based alternative so you can make a data-driven decision.
Trade lane analysis is a structured review of the specific shipping routes your business uses — examining carrier performance, transit times, rate competitiveness, port selection, and routing efficiency. It answers questions like: Are you using the best port of entry for your distribution network? Is your transshipment routing adding unnecessary time or cost? Could a different carrier on this lane deliver 20% faster at the same price? The findings drive concrete routing and carrier changes that reduce cost and improve delivery performance.
"MyExpressFreight's freight rate benchmarking showed we were paying 22% above market on our Asia-to-LA lane. They renegotiated our carrier contracts and we recouped the consulting fee in the first month's savings alone."
"The customs compliance audit found two HTS misclassifications we'd been filing for three years. MyExpressFreight filed protests, recovered $180,000 in overpaid duties, and corrected our classifications going forward. Exceptional work."
"We were buying EXW from our Chinese suppliers and paying for everything. MyExpressFreight's Incoterms review showed us how to restructure to FOB and shift port and origin logistics costs back to our vendors. Significant annual savings."
"The nearshoring analysis MyExpressFreight performed for us was exactly what we needed to justify the Mexico shift to our board. The landed cost model was thorough, credible, and ultimately proved the case conclusively."
"After port congestion wrecked our holiday season two years running, MyExpressFreight built us a resilience plan with alternate routings and a multi-carrier strategy. We sailed through last peak season without a single delay."
"MyExpressFreight's trade lane analysis identified that switching our port of entry from LA to Savannah for half our volume would save two days in transit and reduce drayage costs by 30%. Simple change, major impact."
Tell us about your supply chain and we'll identify the biggest opportunities to reduce cost and improve performance.