Market Entry & Satellite Office Launch
Turnkey North American presence for international logistics companies — entity, location, authority, partners, people, first 90 days.
Logistics Executive · Newmarket, Ontario · Serving North America
Thirty-five years of logistics — from the driver's seat to the general manager's desk. Not theory. Not a slide deck. Every chair, actually sat in.
Driver · Dispatch · Brokerage · Warehouse · Procurement · Sales · Owner · General Manager — across 13+ companies and every corner of the Canada–USA–Mexico freight economy.

The Story
Most consultants studied logistics. Allan Agnew lived it — from behind the wheel to behind the P&L.
It started in the driver's seat. Long-haul, cross-border, nights and winters. Allan learned the industry the only way it can honestly be learned: by doing the work that everything else depends on.
Then came dedicated operations serving Magna International — where the delivery window is measured in minutes and a single late load idles an assembly line. Automotive taught a discipline that never left: precision is not a slogan. It's a system.
Dispatch, brokerage, warehousing, procurement, sales, ownership, and finally the general manager's desk — full P&L, multi-site operations, and teams that hold the standard when nobody is watching. Thirteen-plus companies later, the pattern is clear: the operations that win have somebody who can fix the link that's failing without breaking the three beside it.
That's the whole offer: an executive who has sat in every chair, now sitting in yours for a while.
The Route
Driver
Long-haul and cross-border seat time. Where the industry is actually felt.
Dispatch
Load planning, hours of service, the daily arithmetic of promises kept.
Brokerage
Carrier networks, pricing, margin — and the discipline of moving other people's freight.
Warehouse
Receiving to shipping, inventory accuracy, labour planning, throughput.
Procurement
Vendor selection, contracts, total landed cost, supplier performance.
Sales
Winning accounts, pricing to margin, and keeping what was won.
Owner
Signing the front of the cheque. Payroll, risk, growth, and every consequence.
GM / Director
Full P&L, multi-site operations, and building teams that hold the standard.
Flagship Capability · Tier 1 Automotive
Tier 1 Supply Chain Operations Serving Magna International
Where logistics precision is measured in minutes, not days.
Dedicated logistics operations serving Magna International — one of the world's largest Tier 1 automotive suppliers, headquartered minutes from Newmarket in Aurora, Ontario.
A stopped OEM assembly line costs tens of thousands of dollars per minute. The logistics provider who caused it doesn't get a second conversation. This is where Allan learned — and later led — logistics at its unforgiving best.
Why this matters for your business: if Allan's teams could hit automotive-grade precision — sequenced to the exact build order of vehicles on a moving assembly line — every operation he consults on is held to that same standard.
If you can run automotive,
you can run anything.
Who this helps
JIT and JIS (Just-In-Sequence) delivery into OEM assembly programs within tightly timed delivery windows
Inventory integrity as an operational religion — cycle counting, FIFO discipline, lot and serial traceability, ERP-driven planning — because in automotive, a parts shortage is a plant shutdown
ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949 quality-system discipline lived daily in operations, not just posted on a wall
MMOG/LE performance — the AIAG global standard by which OEMs score their suppliers' logistics capability
EDI-driven execution — ASN accuracy (EDI 856), release schedule management, label and barcode compliance
Returnable container and rack management, specialty packaging, line-side delivery
APQP timing and PPAP-phase logistics support for new program launches
8D / CAPA corrective-action discipline when a miss occurs: containment, root cause, prevention
USMCA-compliant cross-border automotive freight across the Ontario–Michigan–Mexico corridor
Note: operations were run in dedicated service to Magna International programs and within IATF 16949-certified environments — not as an employee of Magna International.
What He Does
Nine ways a senior operator changes the trajectory of a logistics business. Most engagements start with one and grow into three.
Turnkey North American presence for international logistics companies — entity, location, authority, partners, people, first 90 days.
JIT/JIS operations design, MMOG/LE readiness, IATF-aligned logistics discipline for suppliers entering OEM programs.
Start-up or turnaround: authority, bonding, carrier vetting, pricing model, margin control and sales process.
Layout, slotting, receiving-to-shipping flow, labour standards, WMS selection and inventory accuracy programs.
USMCA-compliant freight, customs partner selection, PARS/PAPS discipline, C-TPAT/PIP readiness across CA·US·MX.
Sourcing strategy, RFP and contract negotiation, total landed cost analysis and supplier scorecards.
Asset vs. brokered analysis, dedicated fleet design, driver retention, maintenance and cost-per-mile control.
Account targeting, pricing to margin instead of to volume, RFP response discipline and retention systems.
A senior operator in the room: assessment, sequencing of fixes, and hands-on implementation alongside your team.
Sector Expertise
Thirty-five years does not spread evenly. Here is exactly where the depth is — and what it buys you.
Automotive (Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Tier 3)
Experience: Dedicated operations serving Magna International programs
Value: JIT/JIS execution, MMOG/LE readiness, IATF-grade inventory integrity
Freight Brokerage & 3PL
Experience: Owner and general manager across multiple brokerage operations
Value: Carrier networks, pricing discipline, margin recovery, sales build-out
Warehousing & Distribution
Experience: Floor to director level across multi-site operations
Value: Throughput, labour standards, inventory accuracy, WMS selection
Retail & Consumer Goods
Experience: Big-box compliance, DC delivery windows, chargeback avoidance
Value: Routing guide compliance, on-time-in-full performance
Industrial & Manufacturing
Experience: Inbound materials, production support, outbound distribution
Value: Line-side supply, min/max planning, supplier performance
Cross-Border Canada · USA · Mexico
Experience: Decades of daily border freight
Value: USMCA compliance, broker selection, delay elimination
Global Clients
Logistics companies and manufacturers in Turkey, India, Pakistan, the Middle East, Mexico and Asia-Pacific all want the same thing: a real North American operation, run properly, from day one.

Bursa and Gebze automotive suppliers, plus stone, steel and textiles, entering the North American OEM and retail corridors.
Chennai, Pune and Gujarat auto-component makers and forwarders building a compliant North American footprint.
Textiles, surgical instruments and parts exporters needing consolidation, compliance and retail distribution.
Forwarders and project-cargo specialists opening a North American office and carrier network.
Bajío auto corridor suppliers and carriers scaling northbound volumes under USMCA.
Manufacturers and 3PLs needing a North American operating partner rather than another sales agent.
Free Resource
For international logistics companies and manufacturers — the sequence of decisions, filings, partners and costs required to stand up a North American operation, with an annex for automotive suppliers targeting OEM programs.
Request the ChecklistCareer Highlights
Condensed. The full history runs longer — these are the chairs that shaped the method.
Led dedicated logistics operations serving Magna International programs. JIT/JIS delivery performance, inventory integrity under IATF 16949 environments, MMOG/LE-aligned logistics capability, EDI/ASN compliance, and launch-phase support.
Sales, account development and operational oversight across a diversified freight book. Built and defended margin in a commodity market.
Full P&L responsibility across multi-site transportation and warehousing operations. Team building, KPI systems, customer retention and cost control.
Founded and ran independent operations: authority, insurance, carrier network, customer base, payroll and every consequence that comes with the front of the cheque.
Load planning, carrier procurement, receiving-to-shipping flow, inventory control and staff supervision across multiple operations.
Long-haul and cross-border. The seat that teaches you what every downstream decision actually costs the person executing it.
13+ Companies
Company names and dates available in full on request or in a formal résumé.
Questions
The questions owners and executives actually ask before they pick up the phone.
Just-In-Time delivers parts exactly when the line needs them; Just-In-Sequence delivers them in the exact order vehicles are being built — right-hand blue doors arriving for the right-hand blue vehicle. OEMs enforce this through timed delivery windows measured in minutes, because a stopped assembly line costs tens of thousands of dollars per minute. Allan ran dedicated Tier 1 operations under these requirements serving Magna International programs.
MMOG/LE is the AIAG/Odette global standard OEMs use to evaluate their suppliers' materials and logistics capability. A weak score can jeopardize sourcing decisions and new program awards. Allan has operated inside MMOG/LE-aligned environments and prepares Tier 2/3 suppliers to meet OEM logistics expectations.
ISO 9001:2015 is the universal quality management standard. IATF 16949:2016 layers automotive-specific requirements on top — traceability, PPAP, error-proofing, and launch discipline. Automotive suppliers operate under IATF; Allan brings that operational culture to every client, automotive or not.
Yes. Market entry and satellite office launch is the flagship engagement. That covers entity and location strategy, carrier and customs partner selection, authority and bonding requirements, staffing and training, technology stack, and the first ninety days of live operations — built so your North American office runs to the same standard as your head office.
Yes. A large share of inquiries come from logistics companies and manufacturers in India, Pakistan, Turkey and the Middle East that want a North American presence. Work is delivered remotely with on-site engagement in North America, and on-site worldwide by arrangement.
From owner-operators scaling into brokerage, to Tier 2 and Tier 3 manufacturers preparing for OEM programs, to established carriers and 3PLs restructuring operations. The common factor is an owner or executive who wants direct, senior-level advice rather than a junior consulting team.
With a short discovery call at no charge. From there most clients begin with a focused operational assessment — a written picture of what is working, what is leaking money, and the sequence of fixes — which then becomes the roadmap for either advisory support or hands-on implementation.
Start the Conversation
Discovery calls are free and direct with Allan — no intake team, no junior consultants. Bring the problem you'd rather not put in an email.
Serving all of North America — remote and on-site worldwide.