Transportation and Logistics

ALG is our praxis in Transportation & Logistics. At ALG we provide innovative solutions in line with the most advanced technological and management trends. We look for opportunities to apply our international and local experience to the specific needs of our clients. Projects are undertaken with a strong emphasis on tangible results.

transportation and logistics

Our Practice

By building on our pragmatic orientation, we are able to act efficiently in the following functional fronts:

  • Business and organisation consulting.
  • Technical and functional consulting.
  • Implementation of information systems, equipment and infrastructure projects.

ALG brings together more than 100 consultants in our offices in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. Our professional team has a multidisciplinary focus (business management, engineering, economics, and information systems) in each and every one of its practice areas.

Since 1988, ALG has undertaken more than 1000 projects in the public and private sectors. Currently, 80% of its business is generated via international projects in all five continents.

What we do

We work with our clients to better understand their perspectives and needs. Our services cover the entire business and infrastructure life cycles for transportation and logistics, from strategy to implementation.

Our services in territorial management, transportation, infrastructure and logistics sectors:


Strategy and business

  • Sector policies and plans
  • Corporate and business strategy
  • Sector studies and analyses of competitive dynamics
  • Privatisation of infrastructures and services
  • Takeovers
  • Project evaluations
  • Post merger & takeover integration
  • Innovation management
  • Sector organization and financing
  • Prices and regulation

Marketing and design of services

  • Routes, networks and service design
  • Infrastructure traffic and demand forecasting
  • Transport networks and modeling
  • Transport product and service design
  • Tariff pricing and strategies
  • Commercialisation and distribution
  • Client management and CRM
  • Service auditing

Operations, performance and technological solutions

  • Concept design and optimization for transport terminals, industrial plants and warehouses
  • Process redesign and optimization in transport and logistical systems
  • Productivity and operational efficiency
  • Cost reduction
  • Supply chain management
  • Strategic sourcing and procurement for logistical and transport services
  • IT systems strategy for businesses
  • Evaluation of IT investments, solutions and providers
  • Business intelligence solutions
  • Innovation in the mobility fields

Development and implementation

                  Infrastructures

  • Master plans / management of planning, capacity analysis, and land use processes
  • Project: concept design, requirements, functionalities and convergence
  • Project Management
  • Project control and integration: hiring strategy, value and risk analysis, cost control.

                  Systems

  • Development of systems to support the models developed
  • Technical design
  • Specifications
  • Development
  • Tests

Start-ups, evaluation and roll out

  • Support to the client right through to the start-up of the models designed
  • Change management and risk control in implementations
  • Communication and training for implementation teams
  • Evaluation of results and fine-tuning
  • Roll out of successful cases to other areas or locations

R&D and Innovation: Research, Development and Innovation

  • Identification of trends and future research challenges, as well as development of new standards
  • Implementation of complex R&D projects and assistance provision based on ALG expertise and research assets
  • Participation in EU R&D projects and sectoral Tecnology Platforms
  • Collaboration with universities and technology centres
  • Publications and attendance to forums, conferences and seminars