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Passing Your Transport Manager CPC - by Sebastian Burkhardt, SSB Logistics Consulting
Professional Guides · Book 1

Passing Your Transport Manager CPC

A practical guide for small hauliers, transport managers and logistics professionals.

The Transport Manager CPC exam is notoriously dense - thousands of pages of legislation, financials and case-study scenarios. This book cuts through it. Written by a working transport manager, it turns the syllabus into plain English, memorable rules of thumb and worked examples you can actually apply on Monday morning.

  • Complete coverage of all 7 CPC syllabus areas
  • Post-Brexit international operations - TCA, ECMT, CMR, customs
  • Direct Vision Standard 2024–25 rules & HGV safety permits
  • Financial management: costings, break-even, profit & pricing
  • Memory tricks for every number the exam tests
  • 2 full mock exams with model answers, drivers' hours & case studies
Also available as a podcast - search SSB Logistics Consulting on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all major platforms.
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Written by Sebastian Burkhardt - Transport Manager CPC · 15+ years in road transport & logistics.

Logistics: The Bottom Line - by Sebastian Burkhardt, SSB Logistics Consulting
Professional Guides · Book 2

Logistics: The Bottom Line

Where profit disappears and how to win it back.

Most transport operations aren't losing money because rates are too low - they're losing it in the gaps: empty running, missed reclaims, poor route planning, unbilled waiting time, wrong vehicle for the job. This book is a plain-spoken tour of where margin quietly leaks out of a logistics business and the practical levers operators, transport managers and finance leads can pull to win it back.

  • Where profit really disappears - the 12 most common leaks
  • Cost-per-mile, cost-per-hour and true job costing explained simply
  • Fuel, tyres, maintenance & reclaims - how much is actually recoverable
  • Empty running, backloads and route optimisation without new tech
  • Pricing conversations: how to defend rates with data
  • Building a weekly numbers routine that surfaces problems early
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Written by Sebastian Burkhardt - Transport Manager CPC · 15+ years in road transport & logistics.

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A practical companion for O-licence holders - compliance, audits and DVSA readiness.

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Companion notes, checklists and downloadable resources from the SSB podcast series.

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