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Hydra Logistics is a boutique provider of a diverse range of freight solutions. We work with our clients to provide the right model for their freight profile and business objectives. With over 50 years of freight industry experience, the team at Hydra Logistics can provide a range of options such as full freight management, consulting, freight IT solution and traditional freight brokering

  • Specialists in ugly and awkward freight
  • Consolidate and save
  • One bill – efficient simplicity
  • Carriers recognised for trust and security
  • Any freight, anywhere, anytime – across Australia
  • Work together toward the best outcome
  • Customised software solutions

Why Hydra Logistics?

  • Consolidate multiple dispatch locations, carriers or services
  • Leverage Hydra’s carrier network for freight cost reductions
  • Drive operational and internal resource efficiencies via smarter processes
  • Carrier management
  • One central point nationally for all freight enquiries
  • Personalised service; you’re treated as a valued client not a number
  • Ongoing freight management
  • Vast array of reporting available
  • Multi carrier despatch program with live pricing, consigning, tracking, POD’s and enquiry communication
  • One invoice; all carrier invoices checked and validated for correct charges
  • Customisable; invoicing can be broken down to cost center, GL codes, branch, etc

what we offer?

Hydra Logistics specialize in freight management along with a variety of freight and logistical solutions for the domestic Australian market. Utilising the services of Hydra Logistics gives our clients the ability to consolidate all carriers and services via one central dispatching program, allowing users to quote, consign, track consignments and access POD’s. This eliminates the need to deal with a variety of carriers, account managers, call centers and account departments. Hydra Logistics and our customer service team become your central point for all carrier enquiries, offering ease of use and time saving efficiencies. We provide a weekly invoice which we cross check and validate charges for all carriers and services used in both CSV and PDF formats. We deal directly with the carriers for credits and overcharges saving your accounting team the headaches often associated with these issues. Hydra Logistics can provide a full range of reporting tools which include DIFOT, carrier performance, financial and alternative scenarios should you anticipate changes in your freight profile or dispatch locations.

    • Personalised service
      You are dealing with a family run business. We know you, you know us.
    • Wide open lines of communication
      When you have questions, we’ll get you the answers… quickly and effectively.
    • We’re the right size for any job
      There’s no such thing as “too big to handle” or “too small to worry about”. We have the solutions to all your freight problems, big or small.
    • Discreet and confidential
      We’ll keep all your proprietary data in strictest confidence to protect the integrity of any information you share with us.
    • Innovative solutions
      Superior customer service demands that we nurture the evolution of advanced developments. We overcome the challenges, both internally and throughout the industry, by extending the advantages of our enhancements to all of our affiliates and alliances.
    • Congenial atmosphere
      It’s no easy task making this work environment a fun and exciting place to be, but we work very hard to make it exactly that. Happy, satisfied employees make for happy, satisfied customers – and your satisfaction is our highest priority.

how we do it?

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Consult

We meet with you to get a full understanding of your business, market, current set up and goals

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Present Solution

We will present the solution, explaining why and how it will benefit you

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Analyse

We analyse your current freight model, including carriers used and pricing in the pursuit of more efficient processes and better pricing

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Manage

Ongoing Freight Management including customer service, invoice validation, reporting and logistics based support

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Strategize

We develop a strategy towards the best fit solution, including services and carriers required along with rate negotiation

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Implement

Present Solution

how we do it?

Consult

We meet with you to get a full understanding of your business, market, current set up and goals

Analyse

We analyse your current freight model, including carriers used and pricing in the pursuit of more efficient processes and better pricing

Strategize

We develop a strategy towards the best fit solution, including services and carriers required along with rate negotiation

Present Solution

We will present the solution, explaining why and how it will benefit you

Manage

Ongoing Freight Management including customer service, invoice validation, reporting and logistics based support

Implement

Present Solution

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    What is 3 + 3 ?

    Is Your Freight In Shape?

    • In much the same way an accountant might analyse your business’s financial health, Hydra Logistics can provide you with a comprehensive analysis of your business’s freight policies and recommend improvements that will result in significant savings.
    • Contact us today for a no-risk / no-obligation assessment of your current and future freight requirements and let’s see how much Hydra Logistics can help you save.

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    FAQs

    Q: What’s the difference between a broker and freight management?

    Brokers typically introduce two parties in the pursuit of negotiating a deal, brokers add little value other than helping to procure cheaper pricing. This can be more than suitable depending on what your goals are, but keep in mind cheaper isn’t necessarily the best option for a complete business specific solution. A good Freight Manager will take the time to fully understand a business’s needs and goals and will present a solution that will make genuine improvements. Further to that they will provide ongoing customer service, account management, a multi carrier despatching program, fully audited invoicing, customised reporting and provide ongoing help, guidance and assistance.

    Q: Why would I use a Freight Management company?

    The bigger and more complex a business gets the likelihood of needing to engage the services of a Freight Management company increases. Due to the size and geography of Australia, the more branches or despatch locations that you have along with different receiver locations can often lead to the need to use a variety of carriers and services types. Quiet simply this is inefficient. You may be on great pricing from your carriers but at what cost internally? How many carriers do you need to deal with for enquiries, how many invoices and credit teams do you need to deal with weekly, how do you consign and despatch orders, how do you track them? By outsourcing your freight and logistics to a good Freight Management company like Hydra Logistics can help you to improve on all the above. We will help to drive internal efficiencies allowing you for quicker task completion, improved freight visibility, quicker response times and personalised service. We can help free up your internal resources to allow them to concentrate on your core business activities. The question is why wouldn’t you use a Freight Management company?

    Q: How can you get better rates than us?

    This isn’t always the case, however as a commercial client to carriers not only do we spend large sums of money with them we are also a low cost to serve client. We handle all the sales and account management, IT functions and field the majority of the day to day enquiries. This means they have a lower resource requirement to serve us and hence commercial rates. We also understand the need to use the right carriers for the freight profile, service and destinations. We perform full invoice audits on your incumbent carriers, that big national carton or bulk carrier you are using may have you on great pricing into capital cities but may be stinging you on regional or return deliveries, our market

    Q: What value do you add to our business?

    We help clients to consolidate their freight via one despatching program, that allows quoting, consigning, tracking and communication. We provide one central customer service team for all enquiries, we provide a weekly, fully audited invoice for all carrier transactions along with a monthly report outlining such areas as receiver and carrier spend, branch to branch transfers and DIFOT reports. Quite simply we help to improve your processes and help to free up internal resources which can concentrate on core business activities. Combine this with better pricing and the value we add is clear.

    Q: What’s the process?

    Our typical process is to meet with any potential clients to get an understanding of their current set up, carriers and services used, the issues faced and what the client is looking to achieve. The next stage is for the client to supply us with at least a month’s worth of full carrier invoicing and pricing so we can compare this to the current market offerings and pricing and look to procure a more competitive and suitable package. Goals may be cheaper pricing, a consolidated solution, technological advancements, better service or a combination of multiple solutions. In conjunction we like to work with any potential client in performing a Time in Motion study to get a clearer picture on the internal resources used, the associated resource cost and what the resource use and cost would be under a Hydra Logistics solution. Once complete we will go through our analysis, findings and recommendations with you. This is all at no cost to you, we are highly confident that we can procure a beneficial solution.

    Q: If we decide to partner with Hydra Logistics what’s the time frame to go live?

    There are a number of factors which can affect the time frame of an implementation. The number of branches and carriers required are a major factor along with what the client’s requirements are. The client may want an all-in start or a staggered start with certain branches/carriers coming online in stages. Usually it is a 1-2 month process.

    Q: Do we still get invoiced from the carriers?

    No, Hydra Logistics will receive carrier invoices via accounts that we set up, we will provide one weekly invoice, which we validate against the consignment information we receive from our despatch program. This allows us to provide accurate, validated charges. Saving your accounts department valuable time in not having to raise credit claims with carriers.

    Q: What if the carrier proves unsuitable for our requirements?

    We will work with both you and the carrier to devise a solution, if this doesn’t eventualise then we can replace the carrier with an alternative.

    Q: Will you always have the cheapest price?

    No, this simply isn’t possible. There will always be someone who will do it cheaper. Our business partnerships are about providing a complete freight solution in which a major element is highly competitive pricing, typically we will be more cost effective on 90% of the work.