What the heck is GiveThanksing? Each year, the logistics crews at AM Transport Services and Squirrel Works coordinate with the Richland County School Middle School's Fifth Block program to provide a pre-Thanksgiving Meal to the kids enrolled in the after school program. We call it GiveThanksing. GiveThanksing is...
WARNING! This could break the Internet. The long-awaited Annual AM Transport Beard Contest’s format has changed this year. The weekly photo collages did the job, but we can’t call ourselves innovators without pushing the envelope. We will be releasing a weekly VIDEO showcasing the progress of...
Do you listen to podcasts? I love them. I have a few favorites: Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, The Tim Ferriss Show, Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, The Kevin Rose Show, and All Songs Considered, to name just a few. There’s so much information, history, knowledge out...
Here at AM Transport, we love our sports. Whether it’s watching our local high school (Go Tigers!) and junior college (Go Blue Knights!) games, or going out and supporting kids playing in the middle school and park systems, we get our fix however we can. And...
School’s out and here in the mid west, temperatures are hitting the high 80s and low 90s with some regularity. Excited kids are riding bicycles all over town, ice cream and snow cone stands are buzzing with activity, city pools are filled and open, and...
by Justin Hatten, CTB In a rite of spring, AM Transport employees gathered April 21 at Musgrove Park for the company’s annual Community Clean-Up Day. With the temperature in the 40s, under sunny skies, volunteers Joel Carey, who organizes the event, Michael McKinney, David Abell, Jason Doris,...
A.M. Transport’s Chad Martin recently attended the 2018 TIA Conference on scholarship sponsored by Avalon Risk Management. Along with 5 other first-time TIA Conference attendees, Chad wrote an exceptional essay for which he received complimentary airfare, four nights lodging, and waived registration fees. Each year, Transportation Intermediaries Association...
By Michael McKinney, CTB This week, I was notified that AM Transport received a longevity award from the TIA (Transportation Intermediaries Association) for 25 years of continuous membership since 1993. I have to admit, it’s pretty cool to be recognized, and it’s hard for me to believe...
By Michael McKinney, CTB “Culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.” --Peter Drucker, Founder of the Drucker Institute Why would a shipper work with a small company like AM Transport? It’s a valid question; after all, we compete with multibillion dollar behemoths who have vast financial resources,...
March Madness is winding down as fans across the country prepare for the Final Four this weekend. Kansas, Villanova, and Michigan make up the remaining bluebloods in the field, and Loyola Chicago is playing the role of Cinderella as they – along with Sister Jean...