Chemical Logistics for the Industrial Economy

Turn efficient chemical logistics into a competitive advantage

PLG Consulting brings extensive industry experience to your chemical logistics project. Our team consists of multiple senior-level logistics and operations chemical industry veterans who have managed the complex chemical supply chains of major shippers or served the chemical industry from the service provider side of the table. We are a team of practitioners that understands your issues because we’ve been in your seat. With transportation costs representing a significant portion of the sale price, PLG Consulting helps clients turn chemical logistics into a competitive differentiator.

Since its founding in 2001, chemical logistics has been a core competency of PLG. Our earliest engagements began with some of the largest chemical companies in the world, assisting with chemical transportation rate negotiations, site selection, distribution optimization, and a range of other services. We help deliver you deliver chemical assets safely, cost effectively and on time.

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Improve Operations and Reduce Cost
PLG Consulting helps you drive operational performance and cost savings throughout your chemical supply chain:
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Understand and Penetrate Markets
PLG Consulting helps you enable growth and compete more effectively by leveraging logistics as a competitive advantage.
- Optimization of chemical logistics to lower delivered costs and improve reliability vs. your competition in both domestic and global markets
- Site selection for both new chemical facilities and chemical distribution terminals
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Mitigate Risk
Particularly involving hazardous materials, PLG Consulting helps you avoid potentially catastrophic issues and incidents throughout your chemical and plastics supply chain.
- Health, environmental, safety, and security audits (EHS&S), programs, compliance, and training
- Logistics infrastructure inspections and ongoing hazmat maintenance programs
- Due diligence on acquisitions and service providers, including safety/security risk analysis and post-transaction mitigation initiatives
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Invest Wisely for Greater Growth
PLG Consulting helps guide your investments in chemical manufacturing, chemical distribution, and equipment assets for maximum ROI.
- Due diligence around logistics and supply chain for mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Buy vs. lease analysis and negotiations support for chemical logistics assets, including trucks, railcars, marine equipment

Call us today at +1 312-957-7757 to discuss how we can help you navigate today’s chemical logistics and supply chain challenges.

Project Examples

Major chemical producer optimizes global supply chain to capitalize on the expanding export resins market

PLG assessed client and competitors’ global supply chains and logistics strategies to identify optimal solutions in the expanding export resin market. PLG’s collaborative analysis and insights, including detailed costs, capacity constraints, and competitive levers to specific global markets, provided a strategic framework for enhancing client’s export resin supply chain cost and service competitiveness.

International polymer producer seeks to optimize their export supply chain by selecting a North American warehouse and packaging location

One of the world’s largest international petrochemicals manufacturers was seeking a way to optimize their export supply chain by selecting a North American warehouse and packaging location(s), enabling them to respond to the needs of their customers in key markets around the world.

Global chemical company redesigns their supply chain and improves business processes

A growing global specialty chemical company, the client was in the process of upgrading their legacy ERP system and were interested in redesigning their supply chain business processes.

Expanding national chemical company gets help with growing pains

Due to rapid expansion, this client’s processes became disjointed and inefficient. PLG Consulting stepped in and helped.

Specialty chemical producer ships more product with fewer railcars

Working with the client, PLG assessed the railcar fleet management practices and systems of this global leader in specialty chemicals. We delivered a strategy to right-size and right-spec the fleet, lower overall railcar lease costs and support increasing plant production across multiple facilities through better fleet utilization.

Chemical industry leader receives objective assessment of recently insourced logistics processes

A national chemical producer with a complex supply chain brought their logistics processes in house and needed an objective assessment of their logistics business processes.

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Turn efficient chemical logistics into a competitive advantage

Call us today at +1 312-957-7757 to discuss how we can help you navigate today’s chemical logistics and supply chain challenges.

Project Examples

Major chemical producer optimizes global supply chain to capitalize on the expanding export resins market

Major chemical producer optimizes global supply chain to capitalize on the expanding export resins market

International polymer producer seeks to optimize their export supply chain by selecting a North American warehouse and packaging location

International polymer producer seeks to optimize their export supply chain by selecting a North American warehouse and packaging location

Global chemical company redesigns their supply chain and improves business processes

Global chemical company redesigns their supply chain and improves business processes

Expanding national chemical company gets help with growing pains

Expanding national chemical company gets help with growing pains

Specialty chemical producer ships more product with fewer railcars

Specialty chemical producer ships more product with fewer railcars

Chemical industry leader receives objective assessment of recently insourced logistics processes

Chemical industry leader receives objective assessment of recently insourced logistics processes

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