Strategic Design​

Align business goals with people, process, policy,
and technology to reduce risk and accelerate value

What Strategic Design Encompasses

Strategic Discovery & Assessment

Future-State Operational Blueprint

Business Case Development

Strategic Roadmap

Strategic Discovery & Assessment

We take a holistic view of your current logistics landscape—assessing maturity, strengths, opportunities, and unique requirements. This grounds your strategy in operational reality rather than theory, ensuring recommendations are practical and achievable.

Future-State Operational Blueprint

We define how your logistics operations will work, not just what technology to use. Our models include conceptual process flows, functional requirements, and integration touchpoints your team can implement. You’ll know what success looks like before implementation begins.

Business Case Development

We create financial models that resonate with your leadership team.  Each recommendation is backed by ROI projections and investment scenarios —clear, tailored numbers that enable confident decision making.

Strategic Roadmap

Phased, actionable plans connecting vision to execution—timelines, resource needs, vendor shortlists, and organizational readiness insights—so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.

Clear Outcomes You Can Count On

Every engagement concludes with tangible deliverables that provide clarity,
confidence, and an actionable roadmap for long-term sustainable success.

Confident Execution

Risk Mitigation

Accelerated Time-to-Value

Confident Execution

With aligned objectives, data-driven priorities, and an operational blueprint guiding decisions, your team will execute with confidence.

Risk Mitigation

By identifying real roadblocks early—data quality gaps, resource constraints, policy conflicts—you can prevent the typical delays that derail logistics initiatives.

Accelerated Time-to-Value

A prioritized roadmap delivers quick wins to build momentum while laying the groundwork for scalable success linked to measurable benefits.

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Why Trust JBF

Unlike generalist consultants, logistics isn’t one of many things we do—it’s all we do. Our team brings
deep cross-industry expertise and a proven methodology that balances strategy with execution.

Dual-Sided
Perspective

Our principals have sat on both sides of the logistics ecosystem—leading operations as enterprise shippers and shaping solutions within software vendors.

Unbiased
Guidance

Recommendations are grounded in your business goals, not vendor hype. We never accept commissions or hidden incentives.

Hands-On
Expertise

We’ve implemented and operated logistics technology ourselves, giving us a pragmatic view of what works—and what doesn’t—in real-world operations.

Risk-First
Methodology

Transparency and risk mitigation from day one.

Holistic Lens

We don’t just look at technology—we factor in people, process, policy, and data.

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About JBF

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What's the Next Step in Journey?

Strategic Design is Phase 1 of JBF’s 4-phase methodology.
Use the graphic below to learn more about Orchestration, Delivery, and Continuous Improvement.

01

Strategic Design

Define the right future state
and align business goals with
your technology, people,
policy and process

02

Orchestration

Align system design and
vendor selection with strategy
and avoid costly missteps

03

Delivery

Design, plan and implement
a solution your business can
trust and team embraces

04

Continuous
Improvement

Maximize the long-term value
of your investment keeping
pace with the speed of
business change

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