Feasibility and Start-up Planning
NP&A is uniquely placed, to provide assistance, guidance and information for organisations intending to engage in transport and logistics in Southern Africa. The wide range of business associations and connections as well as the qualifications and experience of NP&A associates makes it possible for us to provide a broad base for pragmatic evaluation of business opportunities.
The past experience of development of freight transport databanks throughout South Africa and other projects in the region have provided NP&A with a broad and comprehensive base of information about transport activities in the region and continual interaction with authorities and the transport industry enable the monitoring of current developments and problems in logistics.
Support Services
Past projects have addressed many of the transport and logistics decisions that face a whole range of businesses in mining, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry and service industries, such as:
- Own transport or contract service providers
- Fleet size and specifications
- Evaluation of contracts, feasibility of proposals and assessment of tenders
- Drawing up of contract terms
- Cost analysis to isolate unprofitable operations
- Comparison of supply-chain and logistics costs
- Road versus rail evaluations
- Development of transport business plans
- Evaluation of impacts of regulations and legislation
- Identification of Training and Development Needs
- Vehicle Specification and Selection
- Logistical impacts of Industrial Developments