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Ahern has a staff of "seasoned" transportation specialists, ex-presidents and Chief Executive Officers whose experience allows them to seek out and identity all possible savings of time and money as well as opportunities for revenue and capital enhancement. Our experienced staff specializes in companies facing bankruptcy protection from creditors.

50% of Ahern’s business is involved in improving the bottom line profitability/efficiency of trucking and logistics companies. It is not unusual for companies that have these common challenges to utilize our review and auditing services.
Due to our vast experience, Ahern has determined:

For many trucking companies, their single largest challenge is sustaining growth
Most owners of trucking companies have no definite long term plans in place
Most have no short to mid-range plans in place including 1, 3 and 5 year plans
Many either have no goals and objectives or fail to effectively communicate them to the organization

These are common issues for many trucking companies, but in order to achieve and compete, companies need to implement this type of growth strategy.
With that stated, companies must consider the following issues when considering future growth strategies:
What would this do to their bottom line?
What type of capital would this move require?
Realistically, how long will it take and what liabilities will be incurred if the company decides to expand?

For most, it is one thing to state that you would like to grow you revenue, another to be able to devise a plan to achieve this without risking the stability of your company.

Additionally, companies should constantly be thinking about the following:

Increasing their cash flow.
Reducing their operating cost, and;
Improving their profitability

Ahern and Associates has many exclusive programs designed around visiting a client “on site” for 3 days

We charge a flat fee, and;
All travel expenses incurred by our auditors are reimbursed prior to leaving the terminal facility.

During Ahern’s initial review, we will review dispatch procedures, marketing, sales traffic lanes, computer systems in use, maintenance, etc. Additionally, we will review operational and statistical data including:

Loads per week
Revenue per load
Revenue per mile – loaded
Revenue per mile – all miles
Empty mile ratio
Customer profitability
Recruitment and training
Driver pay scale
Key personnel
Internal purchasing
Growth strategies
Maintenance programs
Sales and marketing programs

While our consultants are on site, we create a software program designed to analyze customer profitability. This software is a profitability program specifically signed for the trucking industry, and it will analyze revenue per mile, revenue per load, per customer, operating ratio per load, per customer and per dispatch, fuel surcharge revenue per load, and per customer lane. In fact, the software also provides a “what if” scenario to test future variables that can affect your business.

When completing an operational review, we examine every facet of a client’s business from operations, productivity, marketing, and sales to customer service. We analyze; financial data, gather and review reporting methods, accounting systems, computer programs and the competency of the staff that supports each facet of the business.
Our inquiries are designed to seek out and identify all possible savings of time and money, as well as opportunities for revenue and capital enhancement.
For transportation companies that have company fleets, we provide a comprehensive review of the existing maintenance programs. For clients threatened with extreme confiscatory actions by major creditors and lenders, we have been successful in creating special “doomsday” accommodations that provide up to a 45 – 60 day window of restructuring opportunity, rather than the time and money wasting legal maneuvers of a Chapter 11 action.
All fees are quoted on a flat charge basis with performance provisions included.

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Operational Review / Audit

Operational Review / Audit