Halvard Freight
Six depots became two hubs, and next‑day coverage held for every postcode Halvard served.
Network redesign
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11 weeks
Logistics
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2025
Halvard Freight
Six depots became two hubs, and next‑day coverage held for every postcode Halvard served.
Network redesign
·
11 weeks
Logistics
·
2025
Halvard Freight
Six depots became two hubs, and next‑day coverage held for every postcode Halvard served.
Network redesign
·
11 weeks
Logistics
·
2025
■ About the client
Halvard Freight moves groceries and household goods for retailers across the Midlands and the North. Its six depots were built for a customer map that had since moved, and in 2024 its board asked us for fewer sites without breaking the next‑day promise behind its largest contracts.
■ About the client
Halvard Freight moves groceries and household goods for retailers across the Midlands and the North. Its six depots were built for a customer map that had since moved, and in 2024 its board asked us for fewer sites without breaking the next‑day promise behind its largest contracts.
■ About the client
Halvard Freight moves groceries and household goods for retailers across the Midlands and the North. Its six depots were built for a customer map that had since moved, and in 2024 its board asked us for fewer sites without breaking the next‑day promise behind its largest contracts.
Client
Halvard Freight
Logistics
−14%
Cost to serve
Brief
Redesign a six-depot regional network around two hubs without losing next‑day coverage.
The network went live in March 2025, on schedule, and the board approved a second phase for the Benelux lanes.
Outcome
Client
Halvard Freight
Logistics
−14%
Cost to serve
Brief
Redesign a six-depot regional network around two hubs without losing next‑day coverage.
The network went live in March 2025, on schedule, and the board approved a second phase for the Benelux lanes.
Outcome
Client
Halvard Freight
Logistics
−14%
Cost to serve
Brief
Redesign a six-depot regional network around two hubs without losing next‑day coverage.
The network went live in March 2025, on schedule, and the board approved a second phase for the Benelux lanes.
Outcome
The brief
Halvard ran six regional depots across the Midlands and the North, each sited for customers who had since moved. Two ran at under half their capacity; two turned trucks away at the gate. The board wanted fewer sites without losing the next‑day promise that had won its largest contracts.
The brief
Halvard ran six regional depots across the Midlands and the North, each sited for customers who had since moved. Two ran at under half their capacity; two turned trucks away at the gate. The board wanted fewer sites without losing the next‑day promise that had won its largest contracts.
The brief
Halvard ran six regional depots across the Midlands and the North, each sited for customers who had since moved. Two ran at under half their capacity; two turned trucks away at the gate. The board wanted fewer sites without losing the next‑day promise that had won its largest contracts.
What we did
We spent the first three weeks on site, on every shift, in all six depots, timing loads and walking the lanes with the shift leads. From that we built a costed model of the network, tested twelve hub layouts against two years of real orders, and chose the pair that kept next‑day coverage everywhere.
What we did
We spent the first three weeks on site, on every shift, in all six depots, timing loads and walking the lanes with the shift leads. From that we built a costed model of the network, tested twelve hub layouts against two years of real orders, and chose the pair that kept next‑day coverage everywhere.
What we did
We spent the first three weeks on site, on every shift, in all six depots, timing loads and walking the lanes with the shift leads. From that we built a costed model of the network, tested twelve hub layouts against two years of real orders, and chose the pair that kept next‑day coverage everywhere.
What held
Both hubs went live in March 2025, on schedule. Cost to serve is down fourteen per cent and next‑day on time is up from 91 to 97. Halvard’s own operations team runs the plan, and the board has approved a second phase for the Benelux lanes.
What held
Both hubs went live in March 2025, on schedule. Cost to serve is down fourteen per cent and next‑day on time is up from 91 to 97. Halvard’s own operations team runs the plan, and the board has approved a second phase for the Benelux lanes.
What held
Both hubs went live in March 2025, on schedule. Cost to serve is down fourteen per cent and next‑day on time is up from 91 to 97. Halvard’s own operations team runs the plan, and the board has approved a second phase for the Benelux lanes.
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Halvard Freight
They worked from the depot floor up, not from a slide. Eleven weeks later we had a network our own people could run.
Anders Halvard
Chief Operating Officer
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Halvard Freight
They worked from the depot floor up, not from a slide. Eleven weeks later we had a network our own people could run.
Anders Halvard
Chief Operating Officer
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Halvard Freight
They worked from the depot floor up, not from a slide. Eleven weeks later we had a network our own people could run.
Anders Halvard
Chief Operating Officer
