We have a new team member!!! This week, we're happy to introduce you to Derek Walker. Favorites Music: RHCP, Sublime, Sturgill Simpson Show: The Sopranos Performer: Durand Jones and the Indications Podcast: Duncan Trussel Family Hour and Beau of the 5th Column Sports team: Cardinals, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders Sport: Soccer and Tennis Color: Maroon Beer: Craft beer and whatever's...
Logistics Managers With more than 17,000 freight brokers currently working in the United States, you’d think it would be easy to find one to match your needs. But the truth is if you’re a logistics manager, you’re busy. You are tendering loads, chasing trucks, picking up...
Who's Sally? So it’s been a pretty nice autumn, right. And the past couple of weekends have been really beautiful with warm, sunny Saturdays that just make you want to get outside. At least that’s how one of our team members (I’m going to call her...
The art of listening. The folks in our sales department are great listeners. And that’s a big deal because when you think about it, how often does your freight broker really listen? According to Kate Murphy in You’re Not Listening, “Listening is active. The best listeners focus...
Laine Slover is the newest member of the AM Transport family. He’s fresh out of the Army, and we’re excited to welcome him. It won’t be long before you’ll be talking to Laine on the phone, but here’s a chance to get to know him...
Lead Time and Lower Rates You can’t fix what you don’t know, right? Take the case of a customer we’ll call Martin. We visited Martin, a logistics manager at a small manufacturer in the upper midwest, a couple of weeks ago. Tall, with a shock of...
Change is hard. But the truth is we are changing all the time, right. Nothing stays the same, and a vast majority of the mistakes we make come from our desire to hold onto what is, or even worse, what was. And this is natural,...
2020 and Capacity Shortages If you are on social media at all, you’ve seen many memes about 2020 being a year we’d just like to get through. From illness, quarantining, and school and business closures to the continued need for masks, social distancing, and political unrest,...
Lots can go wrong: ask your broker. Have you ever thought about everything that could go wrong when you’re trying to get your freight on the road? Or what about once it’s already on the road? Moving freight is a risky business with a lot of moving...
If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. ~Fred DeVito~ “So, I think I’m going to do it again.” I was talking to my sister who wanted to know more about the 100 mile trail run I participated in not quite two weeks ago. I told her...