The Q4 Logistics Blind Spot: What your 2027 Budget May be Missing

As companies finalize their annual budgets, a major cost category often escapes the same level of scrutiny applied elsewhere: logistics.In this episode of the Executive Efficiency Series, host Megan Kjar speaks with expectus CEO Stefan Schäfer about the Q4 logistics blind spot—and why instructing a shipping department to simply “reduce costs” rarely produces meaningful or sustainable results.Stefan shares what expectus has learned from 26 years of analyzing freight and logistics operations, including:• Why inbound transportation costs are frequently missing from budget conversations• How annual carrier rate increases undermine top-down cost-reduction targets• What outside analysis reveals that internal teams may not see• How expectus makes identified savings traceable• Where AI can accelerate logistics analysis—and why human expertise still matters• Why U.S. executives often move faster than their European counterparts• How a U.S. subsidiary can become the proving ground for broader global improvementsThe conversation also includes a preview of expectus’s continued expansion and an invitation to meet Stefan at RE+ in Las Vegas.Learn more or begin a zero-risk logistics cost analysis at expectus.com.