Independent • Shipper-side • Since 1998
Freight Expertise Built for Shippers
Founded in 1998, CPC Consultants is an independent transportation and operations management firm built around shippers’ needs. We help mid-sized businesses through Fortune 500 companies improve freight cost, service levels and operational efficiency across domestic and international transportation.
1998
Founded by longtime industry veterans
75+ years
Combined expertise
Shipper-side
As your advocate, we are razor-focused on savings.
Performance-backed
CPC delivers savings, or you don't pay.
Built From the Shipper’s Side
CPC’s consultants have worked inside logistics, procurement, supply chain and operations roles. That experience shapes how we approach freight: start with the shipper’s business requirement, make the economics visible, then implement practical changes that can be measured.
CPC advocates for the shipper, our clients. Independence from any carrier affiliation allows us to evaluate rates, contracts, routing and service to achieve freight cost savings across all modes.
Our Mission
“Exclusively work for the Shipper, deploy high-caliber people, never compromise on integrity and deliver high returns on investment for our customers.”
How CPC Turns Expertise Into Results
CPC connects analysis with implementation and ongoing measurement. Our five-step process keeps the work focused on practical, verifiable results.
Understand
Define the business requirement, scope and success measures.
Benchmark
Establish the current cost, service and market baseline.
Optimize
Develop better pricing, carrier, mode, network or process options.
Implement
Translate approved recommendations into working operating changes.
Measure
Verify results and refine the program as conditions change.
Meet CPC’s Principal Experts
Charles Popick
B.A., Business Economics (Accounting) & Japanese, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Back in 1998, I founded CPC with one simple mission - to level the playing field. I wanted to strip away the hidden profits transportation companies were quietly pocketing, and put my clients back in control of their bottom-line."
Charles started on the shipper side of the freight business in 1990. He has held strategic management positions in the area of logistics, customer service, procurement and supply chain management with large multinational companies. He founded CPC in 1998 with the single mission to “improve the client’s bottom-line by eliminating hidden profits taken by transportation companies – Leveling the Playing Field.” CPC Consultants has gained a reputation for integrity and has helped companies save hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation, warehouse management, overall business operations, and more.
Tom Leimkuhler
Tom’s 40-year career in supply chain spans sourcing, warehousing, distribution, transport, and inventory – notably in automotive and powersports OEMs including at Subaru of America, director of Mazda’s North American Operations, Vice President of Parts at Kia Motors America, Chief Operating Officer at Hyundai MOBIS, and Executive Director, Parts & Accessories Operations, at Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. Tom has dedicated his career to improving supply chain and parts operations.
Dave Procuk
"I've built my career on becoming a true partner to my clients - not just a service provider. That means understanding their challenges and goals inside and out, then delivering practical, data-driven solutions that cut costs, boost performance, and create results they can see and feel."
Dave is a seasoned supply chain executive with more than 20 years of experience spanning manufacturing, information technology, supply and demand planning, continuous improvement (Lean Six Sigma), contract negotiation, system implementation, and logistics management. Combined with more than a decade leading the Transportation Department for a Fortune 500 company, this diverse operational background enables him to quickly understand complex business challenges, align with client objectives, and develop practical, data-driven solutions that reduce costs, improve performance, and deliver measurable results.
Our History
Founded in 1998, CPC Consultants provides expert consulting services in supply chain management, warehouse management, and transportation optimization. CPC combines industry experience with proven methods to improve transportation costs, warehouse operations and supply chain performance.
Partners at CPC have held managerial roles and strategic management positions in logistics, service, procurement and supply chain at multinational companies in various industries including the automotive and consumer electronics industries. Our years of shipper-side experience have helped CPC develop a practical process for comparing service, pricing and operating performance for the shippers and establishes competitive market-level service and pricing for our customers.
CPC’s success is measured by our client’s success. For over 25 years, we have stood for integrity and only work to improve our client’s bottom line. We have gathered the tools and expertise to optimize our clients’ efficiency on every engagement. We guarantee our performance, and have built our reputation upon helping companies save hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation, warehouse management, operations, and more.
Our offices are centrally located in Costa Mesa, next to Newport Beach in beautiful Orange County, California. Costa Mesa is a short drive from Anaheim and Huntington Beach and very close to the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, the Port of San Diego, as well as all of Southern California.
What CPC Stands For
Integrity.
CPC only works for the Shipper to ensure focus on your bottom-line.
Tools & Expertise.
CPC transforms transportation into a commodity and ensures solutions are market competitive.
Highest Return On Investment.
CPC only offers services if there is a substantial R.O.I. – Projects average 7:1 in one year.
Performance Guarantee.
CPC will guarantee a return on investment within 6 months or CPC will refund entire fee amount.
Reputation.
CPC has several examples of saving millions of dollars for industry leading companies.
Need a freight savings strategy built around your business?
Start with the shipper’s requirements—not a carrier’s standard program.
Experience Is Only Valuable When It Produces Results
CPC measures success through documented client results. The examples below show outcomes from specific engagements and should not be interpreted as guarantees of identical results.
7:1
Average one-year project ROI
CPC-reported average first-year project return on investment. Results vary by engagement.
6 months
Performance guarantee
Performance guarantee terms are defined in each qualifying client agreement.
$1.2M / 30%
Kawasaki case result
Result from a documented Kawasaki client engagement. Individual results vary by transportation profile and project scope.
“They saved us a staggering $1.2M (30%) in freight costs over a 12-month period.”
— Senior Director, Parts and Accessories, Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
More Than Two Decades of Shipper-Side Consulting
CPC was founded in 1998 and is based in Costa Mesa, California. Our Orange County location is close to the Southern California freight network and the San Pedro Bay port complex.
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