What Comprehensive Logistics does

Comprehensive Logistics (CLI) is a non-asset-based third-party logistics provider built around one job: keeping parts flowing into factories. The company calls this inbound-to-manufacturing, or I2M, and it sits between an automaker's tier suppliers and the assembly line. Rather than owning trucks and terminals, CLI runs warehouses, sequencing operations, and value-added assembly embedded in its customers' production flow, so components arrive in the right order at the right minute.

The service mix has three legs. Warehouse management runs on STREME, the company's proprietary warehouse management software, which CLI says integrates with customer ERP systems, manufacturing execution systems, robotics, and vision-based error-proofing. Value-added services cover parts sequencing, kitting, subassembly, and repack, the manual and semi-automated work that turns bulk inbound freight into line-ready kits. Transportation management coordinates the moves and yard operations around those sites. Wrapping all of it is a supply-chain engineering practice organized around a Plan for Every Part (PFEP) methodology and Deming quality principles, plus a machine-learning and vision-systems group that runs automated inspection on the line. The whole model is tuned for just-in-time production, where inventory is measured in hours, not weeks.

CLI serves manufacturers rather than consumers. Its stated sectors are automotive OEMs, automotive Tier-1 suppliers, industrial equipment, recreational vehicle makers, appliances, agriculture, shipbuilding and defense, HVAC, and medical device. The common thread is high-volume, high-mix production where a missed sequence stops a line.

Ownership and history

Comprehensive Logistics was founded in 1995 and built its operating base in the Youngstown, Ohio area, where its community-engagement footprint and its primary customs-consignee address still sit. Corporate headquarters is now in Bonita Springs, Florida. The company runs more than 20 facilities across 17 states plus a location in Whitby, Ontario, totaling more than 5 million square feet of warehouse space.

In April 2026, CLI was acquired by DQS Solutions & Staffing. The deal united three logistics companies, CLI, DQS, and McLaren Transport, under a single parent, AXVOR, with each business continuing under its own brand. FreightWaves reported the acquisition on April 22, 2026, noting that it gave the combined group CLI's 20-plus facilities, its 5 million square feet of space, and control of its proprietary warehouse management system. Financial terms were not disclosed. DQS, originally launched as Detroit Quality Staffing, has been assembling a broader transportation and logistics platform, and its CEO, Joshua Morris, previously served as plant manager of CLI's Dearborn operation. Day-to-day, CLI is led by President Trey Lyda, a roughly two-decade company veteran who moved up from chief operating officer, with Brad Constantini serving as chairman and as a board director of the AXVOR parent.

Certifications and quality

CLI reports an ISO 9001:2015 with Design quality management system, certified through September 30, 2027, and it has reached IATF 16949 automotive-quality certification at its facilities, including its Oakville, Ontario operation. Quality is run as an engineering discipline rather than a checklist: the company describes advanced quality planning (APQP) methods, Plan for Every Part control, and vision-based machine-learning inspection that verifies part presence, position, and labeling in real time. For a logistics provider embedded in just-in-time manufacturing, IATF 16949 is the relevant automotive standard, and CLI claims it at the site level.

Network and customers

CLI is a logistics partner, so its "customers" are the manufacturers whose inbound freight it manages, and several are visible in US customs records where CLI appears as the consignee of inbound parts.

These are documented network relationships from bill-of-lading data, not a customer roster CLI publishes. The pattern is consistent: European and Asian automotive part makers ship in, CLI receives and sequences, and the parts feed named OEM plants.

Sourcing evidence

CLI's US import record reads exactly like a contract logistics provider running inbound-to-manufacturing: 6,092 ocean shipments since January 2015, averaging about 39 TEU per month, with the most recent landing September 20, 2026. The declared goods are overwhelmingly automotive: HS chapter 87 dominates, led by 8708.99 "component parts for the completion of new motor vehicles" (593 shipments), body panels and parcel shelves (156), and steering knuckles and columns (34). This is inbound OE freight destined for assembly lines, not finished goods for resale.

The origin mix is unusual for a US importer and telling about CLI's book of business. Europe accounts for 73 percent of shipments, led by Germany (2,475) and Spain (1,366), with Asia at 27 percent, led by China (863) and India (474). The top foreign shippers are automotive component makers, VE Commercial Vehicles in India, ZF Sachs and BMW in Germany, Wooshin Safety Systems (seatbelts) in South Korea, and Teklas (rubber and fluid systems) via Italy and Bulgaria. That European tilt fits a provider moving parts for European automakers' North American plants.

Coverage caveats: these are US ocean-freight records only. Air, truck, and rail movements, and most cross-border flows, do not appear; the company imports under 21 names and 55 addresses because freight forwarders and OEM accounts consolidate under varied entities; product categories come from declared manifest codes, which are noisy. Absence of a record is not evidence of absence. Buyers weighing a partner for nearshoring or managing tariff exposure on imported components can read the lane and commodity detail here as a proxy for the flows CLI is set up to handle.

Frequently asked questions

What does Comprehensive Logistics do?

Comprehensive Logistics (CLI) is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider specializing in inbound-to-manufacturing (I2M) for complex supply chains. It runs warehousing, parts sequencing, kitting, subassembly, and transportation management for manufacturers, using its proprietary STREME warehouse management software plus robotics and vision-based machine-learning inspection. It serves automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, industrial, recreational vehicle, appliance, agriculture, and medical-device makers.

Who owns Comprehensive Logistics?

Comprehensive Logistics was acquired by DQS Solutions & Staffing in April 2026 and now operates under parent company AXVOR, alongside DQS and McLaren Transport. Each company continues under its own brand. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CLI was founded independently in 1995.

Where is Comprehensive Logistics headquartered?

Comprehensive Logistics is headquartered at 8200 Health Center Blvd, Suite 101, Bonita Springs, Florida. Its long-time operating base is in the Youngstown, Ohio area, and it runs more than 20 facilities across 17 states plus a location in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, totaling over 5 million square feet of warehouse space.

Who are Comprehensive Logistics' customers?

CLI manages inbound freight for major manufacturers. US customs records show it acting as consignee for parts from suppliers to BMW, General Motors, Harley-Davidson, Ford, CNH Industrial, Caterpillar, and Bombardier Recreational Products, among others. These are documented network relationships rather than a published customer list; CLI describes its clients as Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 manufacturers.

What certifications does Comprehensive Logistics hold?

CLI reports an ISO 9001:2015 with Design quality management system certified through September 30, 2027, and has reached IATF 16949 automotive-quality certification at its facilities, including Oakville, Ontario. It runs advanced quality planning, Plan for Every Part control, and vision-based machine-learning inspection.

How large is Comprehensive Logistics?

CLI operates more than 20 facilities across 17 states plus Canada, with over 5 million square feet of warehouse space. Third-party data models its workforce in the low thousands and its revenue in the mid-hundreds of millions of dollars; the company does not publish audited figures, so those are estimates rather than reported numbers.

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