Are you tired of inconsistent and unreliable service from carriers and logistics partners or embarrassed by your current supply chain practices? Are you losing customer respect because of dropped loads and service failures or frustrated with a general lack of visibility in your supply chain?...
AM Transport Services is proud to be a leading provider of Logistics as a Services for manufacturers and distributors in the midwest. When you partner with us, you receive a customized combination of advanced supply chain technology, consistent truck capacity, and stellar customer service. We...
Digital Freight Brokerage If you’re in logistics, you’ve heard of or had experience with digital freight brokers. They have cool apps and operate a little like travel giant, Expedia. They're convenient and they often offer low low prices. The truth is that in many cases, they’ve...
Predictability vs. Low rates It’s a shippers’ market, right. And in logistics, we know what that means. When spot market rates are lower than contract rates, as they are now, shippers tend to make a beeline for those low rates. It’s understandable. Like everyone else, you...
We're halfway through January already. Here at AM Transport, we're getting into the groove of the new year, continuing to offer the best managed freight services for manufacturers and distributors in the midwest. And one of the reasons our customer service is unparalleled is our...
Do you read Seth Godin’s blog? In Monday’s blog, Seth writes about photography; in particular, about photographs of people and how those photographs lie. Let me give you an example. You see an advertisement with a beautiful young girl, someone who resembles your daughter. She is enjoying...
Logistics as a Service In logistics, changes occur so fast, if you blink you might miss them. It’s exciting, yes, but shifts and reversals can leave even seasoned veterans overwhelmed. No one understands this better than manufacturers and suppliers who have to navigate the near-constant upheavals...
Most people would agree that when measuring service levels, we’re taking into account both the efficiency and performance of any system--and in the transportation business, often more than a few services are required. These services range from tracking and visibility and worry-free scheduling to truckload...
Don’t be lulled by loose capacity and lower freight rates. Aim for a predictable freight budget instead. 2018, was a year of change, fluctuations, and rising contract rates. In fact, according to The Journal of Commerce, truckload rates climbed between 10 percent and 15 percent in...
What is a freight broker or a 3PL (third party logistics) provider? For the most part, the terms are interchangeable--both work as intermediaries between a shipper and a trucking company. Since deregulation, the number of freight brokers has skyrocketed. Today there are nearly 18,000 registered freight...
