Shipping LTL can offer significant savings if: Your freight isn't time sensitive. LTL freight is sometimes transferred several times before reaching its destination because you are sharing the cost of the full truck with other shippers. Your freight can take a little more handling. Because...
30 years ago, Avery and Mary Jo McKinney started a small freight brokerage called AM Transport Services. They operated out of a one room cabin on Vernor Lake in Olney, Illinois. Those first couple of months were lean with Avery on the road a lot...
The Benefits of Working with a 3PL for Outsourced Logistics The supply chain becomes more complicated every day. Technology, visibility, and navigating the risk inherent in working with a variety of carriers is a full-time job. Here at AM Transport Services, we’ve found the manufacturers and...
Customer Routed Freight What does it mean when a potential customer (a manufacturer or distributor who has freight to move) explains that their freight is customer routed? In many cases, it's a simple brush off. The person on the other end of the phone simply doesn't...
AM Transport is celebrating its 30th year in the transportation industry. And we have a few people who have worked here almost as long. Joel Carey, who's been with AMT for 16 years, is one of them. Quiet, with a dry sense of humor, Joel...
Small carriers work with AMT AM Transport has been helping manufacturers and distributors in the midwest save money and time for the past 30 years. We're not a big, flashy 3PL. We're a small family owned business that likes to work with small-to-midsize carriers because they...
At AM Transport, we are longtime fans of and proud members of the Small Giants Community. That’s why we’re proud to announce our inclusion on the Forbes’ Small Giants list. This annual list highlights 25 “privately owned companies whose commitment to greatness over fast growth...
Are you still trying to handle all of your logistics needs in-house without the help of a 3PL partner? It’s getting harder every day, isn’t it. That’s why 90% of Fortune 500 companies outsource some or all of their logistics services to third party logistics (3PL)...
We are living and working in the midst of unprecedented upheaval that will change our communities, our families, and the way we do business forever. And our ability to adapt and thrive has never been more important. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic has completely vanquished...
I’m an introvert. So you'd think I'd love coming into the office when most of the folks are working at home. I don’t. Here’s the funny thing. When the whole gang’s here, I barely venture out of my office which is at the back of the building....