QP Consulting, LLC
Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation Intelligence
Founder-led operational analysis, transportation research and responsible technology development informed by more than 30 years of experience across cargo, customs, ports, drayage and freight operations.
Operational Experience · Evidence-Informed Analysis · Transportation Intelligence · Public-Benefit Innovation
Connecting real-world operations with transportation intelligence
QP Consulting, LLC is a Southern California supply-chain, logistics and transportation-intelligence consulting and research company. We combine firsthand operating experience, structured analysis and responsible technology development to examine challenges affecting ports, freight corridors, transportation workforces and interconnected logistics networks.
Our work focuses on identifying operational friction, improving visibility, documenting stakeholder and process dependencies, and developing practical frameworks that support better-informed transportation decisions.
Operational Visibility
We develop methods and frameworks for capturing, organizing, and interpreting freight movement data across complex logistics networks. Visibility is the foundation of every improvement initiative.
Transportation Efficiency
Our analysis identifies friction points, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies in transportation corridors — from port gates to inland distribution hubs — and develops evidence-based recommendations for improvement.
Supply Chain Resilience
We examine how supply chains respond to disruption and develop analytical tools that help organizations anticipate vulnerabilities and build more adaptive, resilient logistics systems.
Our Mission
Our mission is to apply operational experience, evidence-informed analysis and responsible technology development to improve transportation visibility, efficiency, workforce understanding and supply-chain resilience.
Our Vision
A transportation environment in which freight operations are more transparent, measurable and responsive — and where practical operating knowledge contributes to stronger industry and public-sector decision-making.
Operational experience. Structured analysis. Practical perspective.
QP Consulting, LLC brings together decades of experience across supply chain management, international cargo, customs operations, ports, transportation, and regulatory processes. Our capabilities support research, operational analysis, planning, and the development of practical transportation-intelligence concepts.
Supply Chain and Logistics Advisory
Supply-chain assessments, freight-flow analysis, operational planning, process improvement, bottleneck identification, stakeholder coordination, transportation strategy and supply-chain risk evaluation.
Port and Drayage Operations
Operational knowledge involving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, marine-terminal procedures, container movements, port congestion, chassis and equipment constraints, empty-return restrictions, container dwell and port-to-inland drayage corridors.
Customs and Regulatory Operations
Professional experience involving customs-brokerage procedures, import cargo, entry-writing management, Foreign-Trade Zones, Centralized Examination Stations and cargo processes involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USDA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife requirements.
Transportation Intelligence and Analytics
Research and concept development involving operational visibility, freight-corridor intelligence, transportation data, decision-support frameworks, workforce intelligence and responsible applications of emerging technology.
Infrastructure and Supply-Chain Resilience
Analysis involving transportation disruption, critical-infrastructure logistics, operational risk, contingency routing, alternative freight pathways and public-private coordination.
Transportation Workforce Research
Research concerning driver compensation structures, delays, detention, accessorial activity, freight-corridor conditions and the operational experiences affecting CDL-A professionals.
Capabilities are based on professional experience, independent research and developing initiatives. Descriptions of research, technology or analytical concepts do not represent fully deployed products or guaranteed outcomes unless expressly identified.
2014 Federal Examination Transfer Process Review
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Challenge
In 2014, federally selected containers moving from marine terminals to authorized Centralized Examination Stations could encounter communication gaps, inconsistent documentation practices and uncertainty regarding release and transfer procedures.
The process involved CBP personnel, marine terminals, ocean carriers, Centralized Examination Stations, customs brokers, importers, trucking companies and drivers. Because each stakeholder controlled only part of the process, inconsistent information exchange could contribute to cargo delays, additional costs and avoidable container dwell.
Leadership and Action
Javier E. Messarina initiated and led a documented cross-stakeholder operational review addressing these transfer and communication challenges.
Contemporaneous records document his communication and follow-up involving Centralized Examination Station management, CBP personnel, customs-broker association leadership, steamship-line representatives, terminal contacts, customs brokers and other industry participants.
His work included:
- Mapping the container-transfer process
- Identifying communication and documentation gaps
- Reviewing stakeholder responsibilities
- Examining MET-AQI and USDA-CET transfers
- Evaluating electronic and paper release procedures
- Compiling terminal and carrier contacts
- Circulating procedural information and templates
- Escalating recurring operational problems
- Requesting industry and regulatory clarification
- Tracking responses and reported process changes
- Documenting findings and recommendations
Documented Outcome and Regulatory Context
The correspondence shows that the concerns were received, discussed, escalated and investigated by relevant operational and industry contacts. Responses from CES management and steamship-line representatives document follow-up with CBP leadership, customs-broker association leadership and terminal management.
On June 19, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Los Angeles Field Operations, transmitted Public Bulletin LA14-013 directly to Javier E. Messarina and other recipients.
The bulletin reminded carriers and terminal operators that CBP used electronic Transfer for Exam notifications and that responsible parties were required to implement procedures for viewing and processing those notifications. It also clarified that CBP did not require terminals to obtain or retain stamped, signed or perforated copies of CBP Form 3461 when the applicable electronic notification was provided.
The documented operational work addressed the same transfer, release and communication problems clarified by the bulletin. The available records do not establish that Javier E. Messarina authored the bulletin or was solely responsible for its issuance.
Evidence note
The project record includes contemporaneous emails, stakeholder responses, procedural templates, terminal and carrier contact research, operational updates and the CBP transmission of Public Bulletin LA14-013. Private email addresses, telephone numbers and recipient lists are not published.
This case study describes documented professional work performed by Javier E. Messarina. It does not represent a government contract, formal government appointment, government authorship, agency endorsement or a claim of sole responsibility for CBP Public Bulletin LA14-013.
From operational problem-solving to transportation intelligence
Operational Review
Javier E. Messarina initiated and led a cross-stakeholder review of communication and transfer challenges affecting federally selected containers moving between marine terminals and Centralized Examination Stations.
Stakeholder Coordination
Contemporaneous records document communication with CES management, CBP personnel, customs-broker association leadership, steamship-line representatives, terminal contacts and other industry participants.
Official CBP Clarification
CBP transmitted Public Bulletin LA14-013 to Javier E. Messarina and other recipients. The bulletin clarified the use of electronic Transfer for Exam notifications and the related responsibilities of carriers and terminal operators.
Broader Industry Attention
Federal, port and academic initiatives subsequently brought broader attention to supply-chain digitization, cargo visibility, port efficiency and national competitiveness. These later initiatives provide industry context; they are not presented as QP Consulting, LLC projects or partnerships.
Transportation Intelligence Development
Through QP Consulting, LLC, Javier continues this founder-led progression through operational analysis, supply-chain research, transportation decision-support concepts and development of FairPayCDLA™.
The progression reflects a consistent founder-led approach: identify operating problems firsthand, document coordination and information gaps, engage relevant stakeholders, and develop practical, evidence-informed transportation solutions.
Sources, Records and Context
The following primary records support the documented 2014 operational review. The external sources provide broader historical and industry context and do not establish participation, partnership or endorsement.
Primary Documentation
CBP Public Bulletin LA14-013 — Transfer for Exam Permits
Issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Los Angeles Field Operations, on June 19, 2014.
Official bulletin and contemporaneous CBP transmission maintained in Javier E. Messarina's project records.
Document copy available for verification upon appropriate request.
2014 Stakeholder Correspondence and Operational Records
Contemporaneous project records include dated correspondence, stakeholder responses, procedural templates, terminal and carrier contact research, escalation communications and operational follow-up. Records may be made available for appropriate due-diligence review subject to privacy, confidentiality and record-handling considerations.
Broader Industry Context
- U.S. Department of Commerce — Archived 2016 Announcement (opens in new tab)Official archived announcement concerning the Department of Commerce, USC Marshall and the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
- USC Global — USC Marshall and U.S. Department of Commerce Partner to Modernize Global Supply Chain (opens in new tab)USC institutional coverage of the October 14, 2016 partnership concerning supply-chain digitalization, information flow, port efficiency and national competitiveness.
These 2016 sources provide broader historical and industry context. They do not state or imply that Javier E. Messarina or QP Consulting, LLC participated in, sponsored, formed or was endorsed by the initiatives described.
FairPayCDLA™ — Transportation Workforce Intelligence
FairPayCDLA™
Prototype and research initiative under development
FairPayCDLA™ is a developing transportation-workforce intelligence and compensation-transparency initiative designed to improve visibility into CDL-A compensation, delays, detention, accessorial activity and freight-corridor operating conditions.
The initiative is intended to help transportation professionals and industry stakeholders better understand the operating conditions and compensation structures affecting commercial drivers while supporting more transparent, informed and evidence-based transportation decisions.
FairPayCDLA™ is a prototype and research initiative under development. It is not a freight broker, load board, motor carrier, employer, employment agency or legal advisor. It does not guarantee compensation, employment, rates, regulatory compliance or operational outcomes.
Patent Pending. FairPayCDLA™ is a project of QP Consulting, LLC.
Founder at a Glance
- 30+ Years — Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation
- MBA — Global Management
- CDL-A & TWIC Credential Holder
- Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
- Customs, FTZ and Centralized Examination Station Experience
- Direct Port-Drayage Operating Experience
Javier E. Messarina, MBA
Founder & Principal, QP Consulting, LLC
Javier E. Messarina brings more than 30 years of experience across supply chain, logistics, international and domestic cargo, customs operations, warehousing, transportation and port drayage.
His professional background includes airport ramp and cargo operations, customs brokerage and entry-writing management, Foreign-Trade Zone operations, Centralized Examination Stations and cargo processes involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USDA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife requirements.
In 2014, Javier initiated and led a documented cross-stakeholder operational review concerning federal-examination container transfers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. His contemporaneous records document communication and follow-up involving CES management, CBP personnel, customs-broker association leadership, steamship-line representatives, terminal contacts and other industry participants.
His experience also includes direct CDL-A port-drayage operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, providing a ground-level understanding of driver, terminal, equipment, cargo and freight-corridor challenges.
Javier holds an MBA in Global Management and maintains CDL-A and TWIC credentials. Through QP Consulting, LLC, he is developing and researching transportation-intelligence, operational-analytics, workforce-transparency and supply-chain-resilience initiatives connecting strategic analysis with real-world operating experience.
Areas of Expertise
Research, pilots and strategic collaboration
QP Consulting, LLC welcomes appropriate discussions concerning independent research, operational-use-case validation, pilot design, transportation-workforce intelligence, freight-corridor performance, port and drayage operations, public-benefit applications and responsible transportation-technology development.
Potential collaborators may include government and economic-development organizations, ports and transportation stakeholders, universities, research institutions, accelerators, technology providers, workforce organizations and prospective pilot participants.
This invitation does not represent or imply an existing partnership, government contract, sponsorship, funding award or endorsement.
Start a Conversation
We welcome your inquiry and will review your message as soon as reasonably practicable.
All inquiries are handled with discretion. Please review our Privacy Policy for information on how your data may be processed by our website, hosting, email, and service providers.